BCR-03-26-2016

1 Front

Serving Bureau County Since 1847

Saturday, March 26, 2016

NEWSSTAND PRICE 75¢

PES architects continue with Master Plan strategy ‘We are always being fiscally responsible ...’

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Princeton Elementary School (PES) District architects continued down their avenue of expansion by further presenting points of their Master Plan community engagement initiative to crowd members in Logan Junior High School’s Pannebaker Gym on Tuesday, March 22.

Robin Randall, vice president at Legat Architects, said the initial stages of the Master Plan has helped to decipher the structural problems in the district by implementing a fiscally responsible and forward-thinking approach.

“I want to always bring that back to the community, that we are always being fiscally responsible in seeing what we can do with the existing schools, and see how we can transform them into the future of learning,” Randall said.

Robert Musial, an affiliate with Legat Architects, took the reigns to explain some of the

possibilities the Master Plan program could provide PES students, parents and staff.

He spoke of prospective advantages such as a variety of learning spaces, student safety and comfort, logical transit locations and time frames, as well as proper heating and air conditioning.

Consolidation may not be the final answer, as some are discouraged by the concept, but Randall encouraged them to consider the notions of better storage, updated technology and greater educational capacity. Patience is needed in collaboration, and if the district is already financially disadvantaged, what would be the harm in simply considering starting a route forward on something besides the same old road?

Musial said close to 400 Master Plan surveys have been received, which better foretells the true thoughts and intentions of community members directly involved in the district proceedings.

PES Page 4

BCR photo/Eric Engel

The Master Plan community engagement initiative is just that — an open door for citizens, parents, students and staff to all come together collectively to offer ideas and solutions for the improvement of Princeton’s school district.

Should I stay ... or should I play?

A PJ party: A fun event on a worrisome journey

PHS Board considers best approach to handling underclassmen invited to varsity

Breast cancer survivors are invited to enjoy an evening of relaxation, fun

By Eric Engel

grapp@bcrnews.com

By Goldie Rapp

eengel@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — Many different aspects of student behavior and performance were discussed during the Princeton High School (PHS) Board meeting Wednesday, March 23.

Principal Andy Berlinski said PHS students and staff are about two-thirds of the way through the PARCC testing, which began Tuesday, March 8. Only about 50 percent of the sophomore level students are obligated to take the test, but Berlinski said great effort has been given by administrator and pupil alike.

Berlinski said the master schedule for the 2016-17 school year should be completed by the end of April, and 26 PHS students will be attending the 31st annual Teen Showcase on Thursday, April 7, at Illinois Valley Community College. There they will be administered a variety of messages on avoiding drugs, being a leader and making choices that lead to physical and emotional health and well-being.

Board member Terry Smallwood brought up a possible PHS handbook discrepancy that might allow a sports coach to remove an athlete from the team if said athlete chooses not play up if called to varsity as an underclassman.

Smallwood said he would be concerned about the potential harm caused if coaches even have the capability to follow through with such a choice.

PHS Page 4 Year 170 No. 37 Two Sections - 28 Pages

© Bureau County Republican

Easter blessings BCR photo/Terri Simon

As much of the nation and Bureau County gears up for the culmination of the Lenten season with the celebration of Easter on Sunday, March 27, the Bureau County Republican wishes you a wonderful Easter, filled with blessings and memory-making moments. Happy Easter from the BCR staff to you, our friends and readers.

MORTGAGE LOANS Apply online at hbtbank.com or call Tracy Makransky at 815-872-6135 today!

PRINCETON — The Pink Ribbon Club is gearing up to host its second Pink PJ Party at the AmericInn in Princeton on Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16.

The overnight event brings together breast cancer survivors from all over the Illinois Valley and provides a fun, relaxing evening for them to kick back and take a break from the worries and stress endured on their journeys with cancer.

The party includes an evening of manicures, pedicures, massages, facials, Reiki therapy, pizza and other fun options for relaxation. There is also a PJ pageant, where participates decorate, coordinate and “bling” their PJs before showcasing them on the grand stairway of the hotel lobby.

Sonnie Blocki, Pink Ribbon Club founder, said the club hosts this party to have fun and be silly, just because it feels so good.

“Laughter is good for our souls,” she said.

“Who didn’t like a good PJ party growing up?

It brings back great feelings and creates great memories. Our 2014 participants still talk about the party.”

The 2014 event brought together about 25 area survivors, and Blocki is expecting to see about that many again this year.

“Some stay overnight and some just come for the night. Whatever makes it fun,” she said.

Abbie Cochran of Princeton was one of the attendees in 2014. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2014 at the age of 31. Cochran underwent a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation and reconstructive surgery. Her treatments ended in September 2014, and since then, she has been cancer free.

PJ party Page 3

2 Local

2 • Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Carried through the valley Tiskilwa woman used ever-growing faith to fight rare disease

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

TISKILWA — You wake one day, and you’re arm is completely numb.

No shaking, massaging, pinching — nothing will bring the freedom of sensation back. The physical deliverance we so often take for granted becomes a river no longer flowing. You lie down to rest, praying for the zest to return to your body — only to feel the fear spread.

The muscular silence moves to your other arm … and then into your left leg, and your right. Your loved ones carry you into the hospital, but the doctor has no answers. What would you do if the very limbs you’d relied on for all activity suddenly hung like dead branches off the trunk?

Carole Cordum simply fell to her knees, for as 2 Corinthians 12:9 states, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Cordum has enjoyed every Sunday stroll she’s ever encountered, and loves being showered by rays of sunlight while tending to her garden. She and her husband, Ron, will soon be celebrating 53 years of marriage, and their three children have blessed them with 10 grandchildren.

Cordum taught elementary school for 30 years and continued to substitute after retiring. She is a community-oriented individual who wears every smile she finds, and has always been driven by her energetic enthusiasm for the gift of life she’s been given.

In May 2011, the life she knew turned upside down.

Test of faith

“It all started in January 2011. That year my asthma started acting up, and I fought it all spring,” Cordum said, stating a bout with pneumonia landed her in the hospital in March 2011.

“On May 6 it really started to

fall apart.”

Cordum said she felt a tingling in her right arm which resulted in the entire appendage going numb. She and Ron went to the emergency room, and Cordum was tested for a stroke, but the results were inconclusive — save the fact it was not a stroke. She was sent home, and two days later, the same thing happened in her left arm.

“We went back to the doctor, who ordered a muscle and nerve test, but the nurse still couldn’t find anything,” Cordum said, remembering but a few days after that she rose from bed one night and took a step only to realize she had no muscle control in her left leg. “I twisted my ankle and grabbed the door, so I wouldn’t fall, and had to use Ron as a crutch to get around.”

Cordum couldn’t walk on her own. She couldn’t pick up a pencil or tie her own shoes. Both arms and both legs had lost their animation, so Cordum’s children arrived to take her to OSF St. Francis Medical Center.

After much convincing, they gathered their mother up in their arms and took her to Peoria.

Throughout her unnerving journey, Cordum said her faith was amplified to a spiritual peak she had never previously encountered. She knows God does not give us what we cannot handle, and when we fall he lifts us up and carries us unscathed through the devastation.

Cordum was diagnosed with Churg-Strauss Syndrome, an auto-immune disease in which misfiring signals cause the immune system to attack it’s own body. A mandatory prerequisite of the disease is asthma, yet only one or two people out of a million are diagnosed with Churg-Strauss Syndrome.

“The neurosurgeon who diagnosed me with the disease wasn’t even supposed

BCR photo/Eric Engel

Tiskilwa native Carole Cordum relied on spiritual guidance to overcome the challenges associated with Churg-Strauss Syndrome, a rare disease which turns the immune system against its own body. to be on duty that night, but I know God put him there because I needed to be diagnosed by a specialist,” Cordum said. “It’s so rare the doctors had never heard of it before.”

Road to recovery

Cordum stayed in the hospital for three weeks; she was administered medication to stifle the unnatural reaction and to begin physical and occupational therapy.

Her nerves were damaged very badly, but she said she wasn’t truly afraid until the day the doctors cleared her to return home.

“I was away from the security of the hospital, from those who knew about it, and came home to all of us who knew nothing about it or how far it was going to go,” Cordum said, mentioning there was a time following her dilemma where every small sensation in her body invited panic into her mind, yet she continually traded her uncertainty for peace that surpasses all understanding. “I never got mad at God for this because I just knew he was going to heal me.”

Cordum was fit with braces on both legs — one of which she wore for more than a year — and used a

What Separates Us From The Rest?

• 300+ years of licensed nurse experience on staff • 90% rehab to home rate

“I don’t think my doctors

do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Finding the light

Cordum reiterated we shall all grow where we are planted, not where we assume the sun to shine the brightest. She thought she had a faithful heart before, but determined there’s nothing like a life-threatening disease to test your trust in your beliefs.

“I used a lot of Scripture to get through this time, and God spoke to me through every verse,” said Cordum, who reaches out to others amidst their trials because her heart is filled with light that withstands the darkest nights.

“It’s not about me, but what God has done for me.”

When she looks back at the tingling in her arm, she is humbled by the growth she found through her experience. In fact, the only way she can look back is by first looking up.

“I am not bitter at all for what happened because God allowed it to happen for a reason,” she said. “He may not change our circumstances, but he will help us get through them. Jesus has definitely kept his promises.”

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

Hop on over for our

Easter Champagne Brunch 10am - 2pm

• Medicare Certified

Fried Chicken, Ham, Turkey, Roast Beef, Shrimp, Eggs Benedict, Lobster Bisque, Waffles, French Toast & more... plus Desserts galore!

Mimosas included in price.

• Medical Transportation • Wound Care Physician • Excellent food; restaurant style dining • Free Wi-Fi • We Accept many Managed Care plans

Standing back up

thought I’d ever walk again without braces and a walker,” Cordum admitted, stating she followed her therapy schedule at home or in the therapist’s office with the vigor she had approached teaching and parenting with, for it wasn’t one shoulder or knee, but every muscle in her body, that needed recuperation.

By August 2011 she was walking without her walker, and as the family came to town for Christmas that year, each new face was flushed with tears as Cordum came into the room holding her right leg brace in her arms rather than wearing it around her ankle. She wore her left leg brace for 13 months, and said it’s hard to describe how good it felt when it finally came off.

She said it broke her heart to put her husband, her children and her friends under such stress, but it was then she needed them most, and love shoulders the weight when nothing else can.

“I still face challenges with this disease today, but I’ve learned not to push my body,” Cordum said, noting her ankles are very stiff and she can’t bend or squat as she once could, yet she continues forward with gratefulness in her heart. “I can

Sunday, March 27th

• State-of-the-art Therapy equipment

• IV Therapy

walker for basic function.

She was put on a form of chemotherapy medication for six months and will take immune system suppression medication for the remainder of her days.

“I knew I had a big wall to scale,” she said. “God puts those mountains in our lives — sometimes we walk around them and other times he asks us to climb up — but he’s always there with us.”

Cordum said her husband was a rock throughout her situation. He did all the cooking and cleaning; helped put braces on and off her legs; and never complained for a moment … even as his golf game suffered a little from the lack of available attention.

“Ron was so compassionate during it all, and he was there whenever I needed him,” Cordum said, mentioning church friends and personal angels would bring food and comfort to their house on a daily basis.

“This disease has made me so aware of each day being a gift and not taking one thing for granted because your life can change in the snap of a finger.”

HEALTH EALTHCARE ARE AND AND REHABILITATION EHABILITATION CENTRE EN NTRE Experience THE COLONIAL DIFFERENCE

515 Bureau Valley Parkway, Princeton, IL • 815-875-3347 • fax: 815-875-2012 www.colonialhrc.com

• Adults:$16.95 • 10 & under $8.95 Please call to make your reser vations

815-872-4897 815-872-4897 • 2205 N. Main St. • Princeton • wiseguysgrill.com

3 Local

Saturday, March 26, 2016 • 3

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

PJ party From Page 1 Cochran admits she had some hesitations about attending the PJ Party. The day before she had just shaved her head and began wearing a wig.

“Then I figured, what better place to debut the new (hair) do than with a bunch of people who can relate. So it was great timing and gave me the confidence I needed to go to other public places,” she said.

Cochran said once she was at the party, the worries fell away, and she had a great time.

“It was so nice to relax and be pampered after all I had been through. The social time you get with other survivors is invaluable,” she said. “Still being fairly new to my own personal cancer journey, it was important to surround myself with other survivors and to do that in a fun, light-hearted environment.”

Cochran highly recommends this event to other survivors needing a night of relaxation and enjoyment.

“It’s impossible to leave this event without having fun, being relaxed, pampered, feeling inspired and hopefully with a new friend,” she said.

Lorraine Hamilton of Peru was another attendee at the 2014 PJ Party. Hamilton was diagnosed with Stage 3B Triple Negative Breast Cancer 14 years ago at the age of 45.

She had eight chemo treatments over six months, followed by a mastectomy and 33 radiation treatments. She has since been breast cancer, however, five years ago she was diagnosed with a rare leukemia. The diagnosis is an active malignant blood cancer which has remained stable and is currently being monitored.

“There was something so wonderful about bonding with a group whose common denominator is cancer, but cancer was never a part of the experience,” she said. “It was so much fun. Still makes me laugh to think about it.”

Hamilton said she hopes everyone who attended in 2014 will be back, along with many new survivors from around the area.

“It’s great to take a break from cancer no matter what stage of the journey you’re on,” she said.

Nancy Jackson of Mendota was diagnosed with Lymph-

edema in 2011 during her yearly mammogram. It didn’t come as much of a shock to her as she had lost both her mother and brother to cancer, and had watched another brother battle and beat prostate cancer.

Today, Jackson is still taking a chemo pill and will do so for two more years.

Along her journey with cancer, Jackson met Blocki, who asked her to help start up the website and support group for the Pink Ribbon Club.

“I have the greatest family and friends, but none of them truly get what I and the other breast cancer survivors have gone through and will continue to go through. The women in the Pink Ribbon Club get it. They lived it and continue to live with a certain amount of fear that it will come back, and with the side effects of the surgeries, the chemo and the radiation. We see our scars every time we look in the mirror, and we have a certain amount of scars the human eye cannot see,” she said.

Jackson commended Blocki for being so giving of her time for the Pink Ribbon Club.

“She is our backbone of our group,” she said.

Jackson was also an attendee at the 2014 PJ Party and said it was a blast and a great opportunity to meet and talk with more survivors.

“My daughter, Rachel, came with me. At breakfast the next morning, Rachel said, ‘This was so not what I thought it was going to be like. I thought we were going to sit in a circle, tell our sad stories and pass the Kleenex box,’” she said. “There were tears there, but only from laughing so hard.”

Jackson hopes more survivors attend this year’s event. She said it’s a great way to know more of the Pink Ribbon Club women at a deeper level.

“I really formed deeper relationships at the event, and we still laugh about some of our memories at the meetings now,” she said.

The AmericInn of Princeton is donating rooms for the event. Those interested in attending may bring family and friends. RSVPs must be made by Friday, April 8.

Email pinkribbonclub@sbcglobal.net for more information.

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

it comes to it to o-do list, When put When it comes When it comes to uture first. comes your to-do list, put your to-do list,to put your future first. first. your future your to-do

Photo contributed

New seating chart for Bureau County Fair country show

Dustin Lynch to headline county fair country show Tickets will go on sale April 2

PRINCETON — The Bureau County Fair has announced Dustin Lynch will headline the 2016 Bureau County Fair’s annual country concert on Thursday, Aug. 25.

Since releasing his platinum debut single, “Cowboys And Angels,” Lynch has catapulted onto the country music scene. Racking up more than 45.9 million views on YouTube/VEVO, notching 91.5 million plus streams on Spotify, soaring to No. 1 on the MTV Music Meter and selling 2.9 million digital singles, he brings a fresh combination of traditional influences and edgy intensity to the genre. Producers Mickey Jack Cones, Brett Beavers and Luke Wooten showcase

his progressive sound throughout his sophomore album, “Where It’s At” (Broken Bow Records), which delivered consecutive No. 1 smashes — “Hell Of A Night” and platinum-certified, multi-week chart-topper “Where It’s At” — and his latest Top 25-and-climbing single, “Mind Reader.”

Debuting at No. 1 on the iTunes Country Albums Chart upon release, the album has tallied more than 1 million tracks sold to date.

Lynch recently launched his first headlining Hell Of A Night Tour, which already claims advance sellouts in Chicago, Anaheim, San Diego and Denver. He has joined Luke Bryan’s Kill The Lights

Tour, marking his second nationwide run with the superstar, and has previously opened for Keith Urban. Rave reviews continue to stack up for the high-energy performer with Rolling Stone coining Lynch as Luke Bryan’s “possible heir apparent” and Billboard naming him one of the “Young Guns” leading Country music’s changing of the guard.

Tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m.

Saturday, April 2. All tickets will be sold online at www.bureaucountyfair.com. For complete ticket information, including ticket prices, see www.bureaucountyfair.com.

The 161st Bureau County Fair will run Aug. 24-28 in Princeton.

Auction Calendar March 31 – Leslie Bianchi estate, vacant residential lot, 6 p.m., North 100 Block of Schafer Street, Granville, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

April 2 and 3 – Firearms, military and collectibles.

10 a.m., 1635 N. Main St., Princeton, Tumbleson Auction Co., auctioneers.

April 9 – Jim and Bernie Lusietto, tools, lawn and garden, archery, firearms and miscellaneous, 10 a.m., 26149-1340 North Ave., Princeton, Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

BCR photo/Lyle Ganther

Is this spring?

Residents eagerly look forward each year to robins as a harbinger of spring.

However, Thursday afternoon’s snow caused this robin and others found in West Park in Tiskilwa to be confused about whether it is really spring.

Hot Water.

All the time.

Anytime.

www.edwardjones.com

Tankless Water Heaters

ut how to get your goals on track,To find out how to get your To find out financial goals on how track, to get your your Edward Jones contact your Edward financial goalsJones on track, fi nancial advisor today. advisor today. contact your Edward Jones

list,

Efficient, Convenient, Cost Effective

put your financial advisor future first.today.

Chris M Kieffer, AAMS®

or

FAP-1966C-A

Suite 5 356

Plumbing g

Member SIPC

.

FAP-1966C-A

er, AAMS®

www.edwardjones.com

To find out how to get your financial goals on track, contact your Financial Advisor 200 Ace Road Suite 5 www.edwardjones.com Edward Jones Princeton, IL 61356 financial advisor today.

Member SIPC 815-875-6565

Chris M M Kieffer, AAMS®AAMS® Chris Kieffer, Financial Advisor Financial Advisor .

200 Suite55 200Ace Ace Road Road Suite Princeton, IL 61356 Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-6565

ETY-4091B-A

815-875-6565

Heating

Electrical

(815)) 872 872-2200 2200

www.edwardjones.com

Member SIPC

Member SIPC

towncountryservices.com

4 Local

4 • Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

PES

DNR hunter safety course scheduled

From Page 1 The crowd was shown a video of a school that has taken it upon themselves to battle childhood obesity by designing buildings that promote healthy behavior and positive attitudes about nutrition and a culture of physical activities.

“We want the community to be excited about their students because they’re excited about coming to school,” Randall said.

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

BCR photo/Eric Engel

Jefferson Elementary Principal J.D. Orwig (green shirt) explains his group’s ideas on expanding the schools in Princeton. Community members used sticky notes, ribbons and play-doh to creatively add outlets of education to maps of the existing building designs.

Through the eyes of a child

PHS From Page 1 Princeton High School Superintendent Kirk Haring said the goal is always to hire and employ coaches of sound judgment who base their decisions on what’s best for the team and the school, and assistant principal Jeff Ohlson reaffirmed if a student or their parents choose not to play up, they would certainly still be welcome on the underclassmen roster.

Berlinski, a former coach, spoke to the fact it would be counter-intuitive for a coach to cut a player they want to develop athletically for future inclusion on the team, and Haring invited any concerned parents to approach Ohlson, Berlinski or him directly to discuss the issues.

The following personnel items were approved by the board: Appointments • Tiffany Gonigam, social studies teacher and head girls basketball coach; Skee Hartmann, custodian; Jim Hughes and Rob Jensen, volunteer softball coaches; Pete Mangold, volunteer baseball coach; Mark Mead, volunteer track coach; and Steven Olson, parttime band teacher.

Resignations • Jeff Ohlson, head girls basketball coach Non-tenured teacher rehiring • Jennifer Wagner, family and consumer science; Josie Dober, math; Jessica Holman, guidance; Tara Davis, English; Alyssa Rose, special education; and Cynthia Smucker, art.

Tenured teacher rehiring • Rob Jackson, English.

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

Community members use Play-Doh, neon sticky notes to dream up future district designs

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — On Tuesday, March 22, community members called upon their child-like creativity at Logan Junior High School during the district architect’s Master Plan initiative.

A vast assortment of Bureau County residents, teachers, parents and students gathered in Pannebaker Gym to hear representatives from Legat Architects and Kmetz Architects speak about how the district buildings can be improved. They were then given colored sticky notes, ribbons and Play-Doh — and told to create the new environments using the props available.

Robin Randall, vice president at Legat Architects, voiced her opinion that community interaction is vital to the success of the Master Plan program, and told participants not to worry about the cost of solution.

“Concerning the facilities in Princeton, we want to be brutally honest about what is existing and what could be,” Randall said. “In improving the building, what are the things that are working and what isn’t work-

th

66NNUAL A

ing?”

Crowd members gathered into groups and began playing around with maps of the current building layouts, adding or subtracting using the workshop tools. Regardless if it was at Logan, Jefferson, Lincoln or Douglas, everyone seemed to agree stretching the available space was one of the best ideas to pursue.

Secure entry points and reorganizing the location of professional functions was discussed for Logan, as well as utilizing the courtyard for outdoor learning space. Creating a fine arts center, extending the cafeteria, adding a greenhouse, implementing further functions within a life skills program — the contributors were thinking about what would allow their students the greatest diversified growth.

Princeton Elementary Superintendent Tim Smith said those who tour the buildings will notice cosmetic things that need to be addressed, and the schools are not consistent with “what we want to represent in our community.”

Those in attendance spoke about much of the same things

Oregon GFWC Woman’s Club presents...

Oregon IL Antique Show OVER 50 DEALERS FROM

April 2 and 3, 2016

at all the schools, mentioning the need for better parking and traffic routes to avoid congestion for all drivers involved — parents dropping off or picking up, staff members arriving or leaving, school bus drivers and community members who live in school neighborhoods. It was suggested one-way streets be implemented at least around Douglas to increase traffic flow.

Also, restrooms are key to success, but offensive odors in the building are not. Speakers said a family of skunks may have been living under Lincoln, and leftover lunch milk poured down leaking pipes caused faculty members to cover their faces when they enter the building.

Smith said it feels like the district is doing about 6 feet of plumbing at a time, and he said Jefferson is the newest district building, but by far the least efficient, which makes little sense.

“I just want everybody to understand; if we do nothing (with the Master Plan opportunities), we’ll still have to do millions of dollars of Life Safety work over the next 10 years.”

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

PUTNAM — Area residents will have an opportunity to learn basic principles of safe hunting at a Department of Natural Resources hunter safety course on Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, at the Putnam County Conservation District, Senachwine Unit, Putnam. The class will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.

A 1996 state law requires that all hunters born on or after Jan. 1, 1980, successfully complete the hunter education course before they can receive their first hunting license. Participants completed the course receive a Hunter Education Certification card verifying that they have passed the course of instruction.

The minimum 10-hour course includes instruction in wildlife management, firearms safety, hunter ethnics, game identification, first aid, survival techniques and regulations.

For more information about the course, call Randy Witko at 815-437-2070. or the Putnam County Conservation District at 815-882-2319.

Democratic party to host annual JFK dinner ROCK FALLS — The Democratic party will host its third annual JFK dinner, in honor of President John F. Kennedy, at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at the Deer Valley Country Club in Deer Grove. A cash bar will be from 6 to 7 p.m., before the dinner.

Several political office holders have been invited, including candidate for Comptroller Susanna Mendoza, Sen. Dick Durbin, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, Secretary of State of Jesse White, Attorney General Lisa Madigan, Treasurer Mike Frerichs, 71st state Rep. Mike Smiddy, 76th state Rep. Andy Skoog and 74th state Rep. Candidate Bill Butts.

Tickets for the buffet dinner are currently on sale for $50 each and may be purchased by contacting Rick Wilkin at 815-878-2990 by May 20.

POIGNANT BROS. FARM DRAINAGE, INC

THE MIDWEST!

Saturday 9 AM–5 PM | Sunday 10 AM–4 PM

• Appraisals SUN ONLY–10AM-3PM ($5 per item m) • Crystal & China Repair Blackhawk Center • Door Prizes 1101 W. Jefferson St. • Concessions Oregon, IL 61061 One block south of Rt. 64 • Handicap Accessible Rennderred by • Plenty of Parking Entry ry $6 Toni Caccciatoore

Greenfield

• Specializing in system tile jobs • Trencher • Tile plow • GPS mapping

Call Harold today!!

(309) 238-8625 Lacon, IL

• Loans to purchase, build, or refinance • First-Time Home Buyer Program available

Shane M. Schultz Loan Officer/Collections NMLS # 1167906

• In-house servicing on all loans

Retirement i Li Living i at iits B Best!

Licensed Sheltered Care & Senior Apartments

Call us for a tour!

visit us at: www.greenfieldhome.org 508 Park Ave. East • Princeton • 815-872-2261

Call Laura at 815-223-0700

250 Marquette St., LaSalle, IL 61301 www.eurekasavings.com

MEMBER FDIC

5 Obit Records

Saturday, March 26, 2016 • 5

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Obituaries Stephen Stumpf

Roy Giacomelli LADD — Roy W. Giacomelli, 91, of Ladd died at 5:57 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, in St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley.

He was born at home in Ladd on Dec. 5, 1924, to Jerome and Pearl (Muratori) Giacomelli. He married Edna Meyer on June 7, 1951.

He served with the U.S. Army Air Corps.

He worked for the Burlington Northern Railroad for more than 36 years and retired in 1984.

Roy was a member of the Ladd Fire Roy Giacomelli Department, Ladd American Legion, Knights of Columbus in Spring Valley, St. Benedict’s Church and Bureau County Republican Central Committee for more than 60 years. His greatest joy was his family.

He is survived by his daughter, Lynne (Richard) Ouellette of Geneva; two sons, Roy Giacomelli Jr. of Ladd and Gary (Cristine) Giacomelli of Springfield; and five grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna, on March 13, 2013; two sisters, Bertha Giacomelli and Genevieve Jane; and three brothers, Geno, Ado and Ronald Giacomelli.

Funeral services will be 11:45 a.m. Saturday, March 26, in the Hurst Funeral Home in Ladd with the Rev. Harold Datzman, O.S.B., officiating. Burial will follow at the Ladd Cemetery with full military rites by the Ladd American Legion. Visitation will be Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of services in the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Ladd Fire Department.

Online condolences may be viewed and remembrances shared at www.hurstfuneralhomes.com.

Obituary deadlines

Deadlines for obituaries are 2 p.m. Monday for Tuesday’s paper, 2 p.m. Wednesday for Thursday’s paper and 2 p.m. Friday for Saturday’s paper.

Police reports Princeton Police Criminal trespass

Annette M. Cooke, 36, of Princeton was charged with criminal trespass to real property, resisting a peace officer and aggravated battery in the 800 block of West Longhaven Street at 10:36 p.m.

March 22.

Endangering a child

Colin P. Barry, 28, of Peru was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol on Shooting Park Road near Pulaski Street at 1:11 a.m. March 18.

Clyde J.A. Foster, 24, of Louisville, Ky., was charged with driving under the influence of drugs, possession of cannabis and speeding on Interstate 39 northbound near Mile Marker 54 at 6:47 p.m. March 18.

Kailea A. Wilson, 19, of Princeton was charged with endangering the life of a child in the 00 block of West Century Drive at 5:11 p.m. March 22.

Spring Valley Police

Illinois State Police

Matthew J. Pioli, 26, of Ladd was charged with driving while license revoked in the 100 block of South Spalding Street at 4:34 p.m. March 18.

DUI arrests

Erick McKinley, 40, of Joliet was charged with driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia on Route 251 near the Illinois River Bridge at 12:25 a.m. March 19.

Lori Brophy

PRINCETON — Stephen E. Stumpf, 65, of Princeton passed away Thursday, March 17, 2016, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

He was born Jan. 7, 1951, in Peoria to Edward C. and Lela (Klockenga) Stumpf. He graduated from East Peoria High School in 1969 and continued his education at Illinois State University, where he received his Bachelor of Geography in 1973. He married Susan E. Swanson on Jan. 27, 1973, in Princeton.

Stephen was partner in Richard C. Swanson Excavating in Princeton for more than 30 years and also farmed the Bureau County area. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, and loved to travel and read.

Stephen was an avid student of the history of the American West from 1800 to 1900. He enjoyed studying and traveling to Western American historical, geographical and geological points of interest. He researched the history of Lewis and Clark and traveled the trail of the Core of Discovery. Other interests of the West included Native American history, the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail. He and his wife took special trips to unusual geological formations such as Devil Tower, Wyo., Arches, Yosemite, Zion and the Grand Canyon National Parks. His favorites were Yellowstone National Park and the Black Hills in South Dakota.

He is survived by his wife, Susan; one daughter, Amy (Eric) Finley of Bloomington; and three grandchildren, Mia, Emersyn and Maddox Finley.

He is preceded in death by his parents; and one son, Stephen C. Stumpf.

Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at Open Prairie United Church of Christ in Princeton with the Rev. Mary Gay McKinney officiating.

Cremation has been accorded.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Open Prairie United Church of Christ in Princeton.

Memorials may be directed to Open Prairie United Church of Christ in Princeton.

Online condolences may be left at www.norberghfh. com.

DALZELL — Lori Ann Brophy, 57, of 111 Oak St., Dalzell, died at 1:34 a.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2016, comforted by her mother and husband, in her home after a brief illness.

Lori was born in Spring Valley on Aug. 27, 1958, to Lavern M. and Patricia (Hopkins) Eiten. She married James Brophy in St. Benedict’s Church in Ladd on May 29, 2004.

Lori was a 1976 graduate of Hall Township Lori High School. She continued her education Brophy and graduated from Illinois Valley Community College and the University of Illinois Chicago, where she received her bachelor’s degree in pharmacy. Lori then went on to further her education at Midwestern University, where she received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2001. She was a pharmacist at St. Margaret’s Hospital, where she had been employed for the past 29 years.

She enjoyed traveling, shopping, crossword puzzles, Sudoku and was an avid reader. She loved her life, her job and, most of all, her family.

Lori was the fortunate recipient of a kidney and pancreas transplant 25 years ago. Lori and her family will be forever grateful to the Darlene Woldt (Derek Walsvick) family for this blessing.

Lori is survived by her husband, James of Dalzell; her mother, Patricia Eiten of Ladd; two sisters, Lynn (Michael) Klein of Cherry and Carla (Robert) Breisch of McHenry; one brother, Dean (Lisa) Eiten of Ottawa; five nieces and nephews, Kailey and Brigitte Klein, and Gabrielle, Nathan and Patrick Breisch.

She is preceded in death by her father, Lavern M. Eiten; her grandparents; aunts and uncles; and cousins.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, in St. Joseph’s Church in Peru with the Rev. Harold Datzman, O.S.B., officiating. Burial will be in Valley Memorial Park in Spring Valley.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 28, in the Hurst Funeral Home in Ladd with a rosary to be recited at 3:45 p.m. Additional visitation will be in the church on Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services.

Pallbearers will be Steve Novario, Joseph Tonozzi, Lawrence Haupt, Terry Arkins, and Nathan and Patrick Breisch.

Memorial donations can be made in Lori’s honor to St. Margaret’s Hospice.

Online condolences may be viewed and remembrances shared at www.hurstfuneralhomes.com.

Be Aware off Your Gastrointestinal Health.

Are you

at RISK?

Traffic stop

Consumption of alcohol by minor

Cody J. Rott, 19, of Hennepin was charged with consumption of alcohol by minor at the intersection of Spalding and Iowa streets at 12:46 a.m. March 21.

The Bureau County Republican is located at 800 Ace Road, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Phone: 815-875-4461 • FAX: 815-875-1235 The BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN (ISSN 0894-1181) is published tri-weekly (three times a week) by the Bureau County Republican, 800 Ace Road, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356-0340.

Periodical postage paid at Princeton, Illinois, 61356. POSTMASTER Send address changes to BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN, PO Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356-0340.

Clarifications/Corrections

Accuracy is important to us, and we want to correct mistakes promptly.

If you believe a factual error has been made, call the Bureau County Republican at 815-875-4461.

Does Your Child...

Have feet turning in or out? Complain of leg, hip, shoulder, elbow or wrist pain?

Have flat feet, high arches? Complain of back pain? Seem clumsy or falls?

Colon Cancer Risk Factors

Esophageal Cancer Risk Factors

4 History of bowel disease 4 Family history of bowel disease 4 Type 2 diabetes 4 Having had polyps 4 Tobacco and alcohol use 4 Over the age of 50

4 Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) 4 Barrett’s Esophagus 4 Tobacco and Alcohol Use 4 Workplace Exposures 4 Injury to the Esophagus 4 Obesity

The Special Procedures Department performs upper endoscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP’s, PEG tubes, Enteroscopy, BARRX, and Pain Management procedures, including Radiofrequency Denervation. If you are at risk, we have the latest technology and highly trained staff to provide you the best level of care.

The department works with caring, thoughtful physicians that include Gastroenterologists Dr. Dodda, Dr. Doran and Dr. Goel, and surgeon, Dr. Wojik, that all perform GI procedures.

For more information or to be screened, call (815) 664-1440

FREE CHILDREN’S ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC

Thursday, April 7th • 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

PERRY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 530 Park Ave. West, Princeton (North Entrance)

Clinic is by appointment ONLY Please call 800-272-0074 between 9:00-4:00

SponSored by princeton elkS lodge #1461 illinoiS elkS children’S care program

600 E. First Street, Spring Valley | aboutsmh.org

6 Perspective

6 • Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Perspective Bureau County

Republican

Serving Bureau County Since 1847

Sam R Fisher

Terri Simon

Publisher

Editor

The sacrifice While I’m far more infatuated with the Easter story now than when I was a child, this spring holiday always — whether then or now — holds a certain awareness that stirs my soul. There’s just something about Easter that causes me to dig Terri down deep into a place that re-estabSimon lishes my convicCOMMENTARY tions, my beliefs, my understanding of life. It’s very complicated for me, and to put it into words ... well, it’s kind of like writing that perfect column about love — elusive.

While my first memories of Easter probably speak of treats delivered by the Easter Bunny — candies, bottles of bubbles, a paddle with a little red ball attached (temporarily at best), jacks and a new jump rope, there was something from years ago that sticks in my mind and which was far more significant. Back then, it was all about the shoes.

Even at a young age, I learned quickly that Easter was the day you traded in your black patent-leather Sunday School shoes for your new, white patent-leather Sunday School shoes. That’s right. No white shoes until Easter. It was the unspoken rule, and we knew it.

Oh sure, there were the special, lacy Easter dresses in pastel colors, which we wore with white gloves (I really am old), frilly, little socks, and of course, some kind of Easter bonnet that matched our outfit.

Today, I see pictures of us standing like mannequins in a store window or models in a catalogue — stiff, pained expressions, looking similar to the rough and tumble kids who were far more comfortable in pants and pull-over tops with shoes that probably had mud caked onto the soles with no gloves or frilly socks in sight. Bonnets never entered a farm girl’s equation.

I look at those old time photographs with a smile now, remembering those long-ago moments, however the thing that always catches my eye are the shoes we’re wearing in those old black and white pictures.

They are new. They are shiny — never before been worn. They are fancy. They look out of place on little legs that are filled with the casualties of living on a farm — bruises and scrapes from adventures of a rather rugged life in the country, where climbing trees, rolling down hills and jumping around the haymow was the norm.

The shoes. They had been waiting in our closets, still in the box, for quite some time. Occasionally, we’d open the box and stare into it like we were seeing a cardboard container of gold — even though they were white. I remember our biggest fear being the concept of our feet not growing enough throughout the year that we would have to wear last year’s white shoes.

Truth be known, we probably lied and said last year’s shoes were too tight, even if they weren’t. New shoes were a big deal.

Forget the dresses (which we hated). Forget the gloves (which seemed ridiculous). Forget the socks and the bonnet (which were so out of character for us). The shoes. That is what mattered most — maybe even more than that hollow, chocolate rabbit and the paddle ball that broke before the sun went down.

But it wasn’t that long ago when I noticed something else in those old-time black and white photos.

Every once in a while, my grandmother or mom would be standing behind us in those photos, smiling with the reflection of all kinds of pride — probably because they had dressed us up to look like fancy little monkeys.

That discovery? The adults never had on new Easter clothes, and new Easter shoes never appeared either.

Living on a frugal farm budget, I’m sure there wasn’t enough to go around for them to get themselves the same luxuries they had bestowed upon us. Talk about sacrifice ... actually, I never remember any of them getting anything new to wear — especially those white shoes.

The Easter story is all about sacrifice ... May your holiday be filled with humbled appreciation for all the sacrifices given to us.

BCR Editor Terri Simon can be reached at tsimon@ bcrnews.com.

I’ll fold The other day, I was watching a scintillating episode of “Swamp People.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with the premise of this fine program, it’s one of those “reality” television shows that follows a bunch of alligator hunters down in the swamps of Louisiana.

I don’t know why it interests me so much. It’s basically a bunch of hairy, smelly-looking men and women that go out in little flat-bottomed boats, talking in some sort of subtitled Cajun gibberish, operating firearms that tend to not work very well. It always ends up with someone shouting “Shoot ‘im! Shoot ‘im!,” and then they haul a dead alligator into the boat. It’s more like I “monitor” the show instead of “watch” the show because I’m just waiting for the one time when the alligator wins.

Well, the other day I was “monitoring” a marathon of the program for a couple of intense hours. It was at a critical juncture when my wife decided to interrupt my viewing pleasure. How did she do this you are probably asking yourselves right about now? Throughout the past 25 years of wedded bliss, she has created several different ways to inhibit my well-intentioned television-watching plans. Among these have been, “Honey, the washing machine is off-balance again.” or, “Get in here! The toilet is doing weird things!” or possibly my personal favorite, “Hey! I don’t think the yard’s going to mow itself!!” Remarkably, she is under the foolish notion that I have the power, ability or desire to deal with any of these situations.

But the other day, she went back to one of her tested, tried and true ways of taking me away from my beloved television. She plopped a load of clothes on the floor right in front my reclined visage. They had just come out of the dryer, and evidently, my wife thought I apparently had enough free time that I could fold the laundry.

As I mentioned, she has used

Greg Wallace COMMENTARY this ploy many, many times to ruin my television-viewing pleasure throughout the past quarter-century. The last episode of “Seinfeld” was practically ruined by a load of brightly-colored shirts and blouses, and many of the Chicago Bulls six championships were obscured by white sweat socks that were in dire need of being grouped together.

Being the sensitive guy that I am, I can usually tell how badly she wants the garments folded by the way in which she drops the pile of laundry. The height at which she drops the clothes basket is a dead giveaway. If she raises the basket above her head before she releases, it means she would like them folded in the very near future.

Proximity is also a clue. If my body is in any way covered by the clean, warm garments, I’m fairly sure that folding is in my immediate future.

The other day, when she wrecked “Swamp People,” she decided to sit down on the couch and help fold.

Guilt is another one of her devilish, crafty tricks.

Now even though I’m a soft-hearted soul that will gladly do my part when I’m absolutely forced to, there are still some things I will try to get out of when folding clothes. Socks. Folding socks just seems like a waste of time that could be better spent rooting for alligators. I will attempt to stay away from any kind of underwear, especially my own. I know where it’s been and what it’s been through. My daughter has these weird shirts that have this strange inner- and outer-layer thing going on that I always manage to get tangled up. I don’t like to fold anything that has a collar.

Those things should go on a hang-

er anyway. Pants are easy so I usually like to leave those for my wife and daughter. That’s the kind of guy I am.

That pretty much leaves me with the towels. I would venture to guess that I am possibly one of the best towel-folders east of the Mississippi. I have always prided myself on my innate ability to fold a towel like no other. I’ve listed this talent on job résumés.

So there we sat in front of the soft glow of televised alligator-death, my wife and I — me with the towels, her with everything else, preparing to fold laundry like there was no tomorrow. As I picked up the royal-blue terry cloth fabric and started in on the first towel, she looked at me from the couch and in a slightly snotty voice told me, “You’re doing it wrong.”

After I got my blood pressure to go back down, I calmly and politely asked the know-it-all evil woman, “Why whatever do you mean, dear?”

She replied, “They don’t fit in the linen closet the way you do it.”

Miss Smarty-Pants then proceeded to show me how she folds towels so that they “fit” properly.

I didn’t want to make fun of her crazy, possibly drug-addled ways, but I did point out several issues regarding molecular physics that say the towel is the same size no matter which way you fold the darn thing. It takes up the same amount of space no matter what.

Sometimes you just have to push it in the closet a little harder.

However, being the benevolent chap that I am, in order to make the cantankerous old lady happy, I folded the towels the way she wanted me to even though I think the whole world can see that my way is better in every conceivable fashion.

If you don’t agree with me, I’ll show you my résumé.

You can contact Greg Wallace at gregwallaceink7@gmail.com. You can follow him on his blog at http:// gregwallaceink.blogspot.com.

First Amendment “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

Constitution of the United States, 1789

7 Life

Saturday, March 26, 2016 • 7

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Life&Arts

Students honored — LaMoille High School students Josh Gross and Elizabeth Griffin were recently honored. See Page 8.

Community Notes Taco dinner in Mineral

Princeton DAR hosts youth luncheon PRINCETON — On Friday, March 4, the Princeton-Illinois Chapter, NSDAR, honored Good Citizens award recipients and members of their families and schools at the annual DAR Youth Luncheon at the Hampshire Colony Congregational Church in Princeton.

Good Citizens honorees attended from Bureau, Marshall and Putnam counties, the areas served by the Princeton DAR chapter. These high school seniors are selected by their peers and school staff on the basis of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism.

Good Citizens winners were Tess Kopp, Bureau Valley; Selena Campos, DePue; Jacob Merkel, Hall; Caroline Downey, Henry-Senachwine; Dustin Fultz, Ohio; Jacob Reinhardt, Princeton; Taylor Kreiser, Putnam County; and Nicholas Needs, St. Bede, whose essay was selected as chapter winner. His essay has advanced to district judging. Seven district winners will be judged with one Illinois DAR

Photo contributed

Tim Pletkovich, Peoria author of “Civil War Fathers,” presented a program on March 4 to the Princeton DAR. winner selected from the seven.

The program for the day was presented by Tim Pletkovich, Peoria author of “Civil War Fathers.”

Originally begun by his middle school students who researched living descendants whose fathers had fought in the Civil War, the

PMH Auxiliary health career scholarships PRINCETON — The Perry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is accepting applications for its 2016 health career scholarship awards.

Scholarship applications may be obtained from the guidance office of any high school in Bureau County, Illinois Valley Community College or Sauk Valley Community College. An application may also be obtained from the hospital marketing department, gift

shop or Perry Memorial Hospital’s website (www.perrymemorial. org).

The applicant must be from Bureau County and must be planning to attend a post-secondary accredited school in which they are pursuing a health career.

The deadline for applications is May 2.

For more information, call Jeanine Dressler, Auxiliary president, at 815-876-4432.

book’s content evolved to focus on eight World War II soldiers and their Civil War fathers.

The World War II vets were usually descended from second marriages by the Civil War men.

The youth luncheon was followed by a brief business meeting when delegates were elect-

ed to the 125th Continental Congress, the national DAR convention to be held June 15-19 in Washington, D.C. The year 2016 marks 125 years of the national convention for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The NSDAR was founded in 1890. With a major focus on remembering members’ Revolutionary War ancestors, the Society is also focused on service in the areas of patriotism, historic preservation and education.

Chapter members discussed ways to honor Vietnam Veterans Day on March 29.

The next meeting will begin with coffee time at the BCR meeting room at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 2. The program will be “Mental Health Issues,” presented by Carrie Schwiderski. The chapter will also be celebrating the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Princeton-Illinois Chapter on April 13, 1896. Its Chapter Charter, created on vellum, is on display at the Bureau County Historical Society Museum.

Manlius Fire Department meets MANLIUS — The Manlius Fire Department held its March meeting at the Manlius Fire Hall with 12 members present. The meeting was conducted by president Robert Reglin.

The minutes of the last meeting, and the treasurer’s report, were given.

Fire chief Aaron Roush presented Anthony Dunn with his membership badge. Eight members completed the CPR training.

Manlius Day will be

Aug. 6 and the department will hold a drawdown from 4 to 8 p.m.

Members are selling tickets.

Attendance awards were won by Zac Nutter and Aaron Roush.

The next training meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 28, at the fire house. The next regular meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the fire house.

The lunch committee will be Justin Doty and Mitch Doty.

Free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic on April 7 PRINCETON — Princeton Elks Lodge 1461, in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation, will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic on Thursday, April 7. The clinic is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and is by appointment only. To make an appointment, call the Illinois Elks Children’s Care office at 800-272-0074 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. There are no charges for any services at this clinic.

The clinic will be at Perry Memorial Hospital, 530 Park Ave. East in Princeton; use the north front door. Dr. Richard Erickson of Carol Stream will be the clinician in charge.

No medical referral is necessary for the clinic but physicians are welcome to refer patients to the clinic for a specific reason or second opinion. School nurses are

welcome to refer children and families to the clinic.

The Elks Organization has been working with physically challenged children since 1928 and this is one of the 17 clinic locations throughout Illinois. The clinic is an ideal time to have a child reviewed for bone and joint development. If your child has feet pointing out or in who complains of back, knee, leg, ankle pain or has a back curvature can be seen at this clinic. The Elks will provide financial assistance to their best of their ability for children needing further treatment or specialty equipment when the family lacks sufficient resources to do so. In the past, the Elks have purchased therapy services, corrective shoes, braces, wheelchairs and augmentative communication devices to help children overcome a variety of physical challenges.

Births announced — Meet the newest arrivals to the area on Page 8. Birth announcements run each Saturday in the Life & Arts section.

MINERAL — The Mineral-Gold Fire Department will have a taco dinner from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the Mineral Community Hall. The event will also include raffles and a 50/50.

Carry-outs will be available.

Volleyball fundraiser LASALLE — The second annual LEAD 6-on-6 volleyball fundraiser will be Saturday, April 30, in Sellett Gym at LaSalle-Peru Township High School. The tournament, hosted by LP’s LEAD (Leadership, Education, Awareness of Disabilities) team, will raise money to support the Starved Rock Area 16 Special Olympics. Teams of up to eight players with at least two women are invited to register. All players must be at least 18 years old. The cost to participate is $100 per team. To register, contact Kristie Witte by email to kwitte@lphs.net or call 815-223-1721, ext.

348.

DAR meeting PRINCETON — The Princeton-Illinois Chapter NSDAR will meet Saturday, April 2, in the meeting room at the Bureau County Republican in Princeton. Coffee time will be at 9:30 a.m.

The chapter will be celebrating its 120th anniversary. Founded on April 13, 1896, by 16 women from Princeton, the chapter is among the earliest groups established by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The program presenter will be Carrie Schwiderski, health professional.

Jazz concert PRINCETON — The Logan Junior High Jazz Band will perform in a joint concert with the Princeton Community Jazz Band on Saturday, April 23, at the Bureau County Fairgrounds. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the concert will start at 7 p.m. The evening will also feature the debut performance of the Princeton Community Jazz Band under the direction of Brandon Stover. Tickets, which will be available at the door, are $5 for adults and $3 for students and senior citizens. Desserts will also be available for purchase. For information, call Brandon Stover at 815-875-6415.

Blood drive in Princeton PRINCETON — An American Red Cross blood drive will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Allegion-LCN, 1224 N. Main St., Princeton. A blood donor card or driver’s license, or two other forms of identification, are required at check-in. To make an appointment, call 800-RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org. Walk-ins are welcome.

‘Shop for SIDS Awareness” LASALLE — “Shop for SIDS Awareness,” in support of the Aden Lamps Foundation, will be Sunday, April 17, at Senica’s Oak Ridge Golf Course, LaSalle. The event, which will include retail vendors and raffles, as well as handmade crafts, will be from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.AdenLampsFoundation. org or call Tiffany Lamps at 815-993-8433.

Make Someone Happy • Happy 90th birthday dad, Bob Levitt, on Sunday, March 27.

Hope your birthday is as special as you are. Love, Bob, Jerry, Debbie, Don and Mary, and our families.

401K

Steve Bouslog

Senior Financial Advisor steve@kbelliott.com

Do you have a 401k at a former employer?

If the answer is yes, then you need to come see us!

Our mission is to build lifelong relationships with our clients and assist them in reaching the goal of financial independence for themselves and future generations.

Melissa Brisbin

Executive Assistant melissa@kbelliott.com

Monday - Friday • 8:30am - 4:30pm • After Hours & Saturdays by appointment.

306 Backbone Rd. East • Princeton, IL • 815-915-8646 • www.kbelliott.com Securities offered through WFG Investments, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC Investment Advisory services offered through WFG Advisors, L.P.

8 Life

8 • Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Open house planned for Norma Pearson

Norma Pearson

PRINCETON — An open house in honor of Norma Pearson’s 85th birthday will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the multipurpose room at Greenfield Retirement Home.

Cards may be sent to Norma at Greenfield, 508 Park Ave. East, Princeton, IL 61356.

Polsons will celebrate 60th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Merle Polson of 508 S. Ninth St. in Princeton will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple will be honored at a family dinner on April 3, hosted by their daughters.

Patricia A. Brigham and Merle N. Polson were united in marriage on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1956, in the Hampshire Colony Congregational Church in Princeton, with the Rev. Theodore Roos officiating.

The couple are the parents of three daughters, Gayle (David) Little of Princeton, Sharon Dyer (Rich Still) of Peoria and Jennifer (Jeffrey) Jaques of Princeton. They also have six grandchildren, Dr. Summer (Douglas) Wirth of Wheaton, Timothy (Kate) Feurer of Mendota, Stephanie (Michael) DiPietro of Princeton, Jessi (Travis) Mitchelar of Pflugerville, Texas, Jacob (Jamie Jensen) Jaques of Princeton

LaMoille students recognized On Feb, 18, Josh Gross and Elizabeth Griffin were recognized as two exceptional senior students from LaMoille High School at the John Ourth Student Recognition Breakfast, which was held at Streator High School. This event is sponsored by the Starved Rock Region of the Illinois Principals Association. Both students were selected by LHS faculty based on criteria that represents school and community excellence.

John is the son of Dick and Mary Gross. Elizabeth is the daughter of Robert and Cathy Griffin.

SPRING VALLEY — The Spring Valley United Church of Christ will host its 31st annual spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m.

Saturday, April 18, in the church hall.

The menu will consist of all-you-can-eat spaghetti, salad, bread, butter, assorted homemade desserts and beverage. The donation for the meal is $7. A child’s portion for children age 5-12

Evaristo Ramirez and Ciara Trowbridge-Zawodniak of Princeton are the parents of a son born March 21 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Mr. and Mrs. Merle Polson and Abigail Jaques of Princeton, and one stepgranddaughter, Telena (Ed) Schaub of Dunlap.

They are also blessed with six great-grandchildren, Gage and Dashell Nutter, Leonardo DiPietro, Kaden and Kinsley Jaques, and Thomas Feurer, and six stepgreat-grandchildren, Damion Jenkins, and Larson, Davis, Asa, Elsa and Sigrid Schaub.

The couple are members of the First Lutheran Church in Princeton.

is $4 and preschoolers eat free. Tickets are available from church members or at the door.

Drive-up or walk-in carry-out orders are also available. Carry-outs are available at no additional charge.

The church is located at the corner of Erie and Power streets. Those attending are asked to use the west alley entrance.

Shelter Insurance agent Rita Frank will sponsor scholarship MANLIUS — This spring, the Shelter Insurance Foundation will award a $2,000 scholarship to a graduate of Bureau Valley High School in Manlius. Shelter agent Rita J. Frank sponsors and partially funds this scholarship.

A committee of local high school officials and community leaders will select the local recipient. The committee will consider each applicant’s scholastic achievements, educational goals, citizenship, moral character, and participation and leadership in

school and community activities.

The scholarship is given without regard to race, disability, religion, national origin or gender of applicants. The name of the recipient will be announced at the close of the school year.

The student may apply the scholarship funds toward tuition, fees or campus housing for any course of study beginning the fall after the recipient’s high school graduation and leading to an academic degree at any accredited college or university.

The Foundation makes payment directly to the school the recipient selects.

Applications and additional information about the Shelter Foundation Scholarship will be available in early March and should be completed and returned to the school official serving on the selection committee by March 31. For more information, interested seniors should contact their high school counselor or principal or Shelter Insurance Agent Rita J. Frank.

Stephen p. Kelly ATTORNEY AT LAW

LEGAL QUESTIONS? Free Consultation by • Email • Phone Call • Appointments • Video Conferencing*

stephenkellylaw.com

2710 N. KNOXVILLE PEORIA

309.681.1900

CELL

309.453.8639

Rowes will celebrate 50th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rowe of rural Princeton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

Dean Rowe and the former Carol Johnson were united in marriage on Sunday, March 27, 1966, at The United Methodist Church in Tiskilwa by the Rev. Wesley Kersh. Their attendants were Carole Johnson, Kay (Rowe) Johnson, Lyle Johnson and Roger Rowe.

They are the parents of four children, Sara and Dale Erickson of Henry, Barb and Gary Wright of Princeton, Jeff and Amy Rowe of Des Moines, Iowa, and Mary Rowe (Shea Sutton) of Suriname, South America. They also have seven grandchildren, Emma,

Mr. and Mrs. Dean Rowe Lindsay, Maggie, Austin, Nicholas, Tori and Elliot.

Dean and Carol are still actively engaged in farming and are living on the same farm they began their married lives on in 1966 located on Searl’s Ridge.

Registrations now being accepted for Happy Hands Preschool PRINCETON — Happy Hands Preschool, located in the Evangelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St. in Princeton, is now accepting registrations for the 2016-17 school year which will begin in September.

Happy Hands Preschool has been offering a quality preschool program for 49 years. They have classes for 3-yearolds and classes for 4- and 5-year-olds with enrollment between 12 and 16 per class. Children need to be 3 years old by Sept.

1, or older, to enroll.

The program emphasizes hands-on learning experiences and pro-

We have your

f ld t o o P Go

vides opportunities for social, emotional and academic growth through exploring activity centers, music and movement and age-appropriate educational games.

The goal is to help children develop social skills, communication skills and age-appropriate academic skills which will help them develop a positive self-image and prepare them for kindergarten.

Anyone interested in receiving a registration form or observing the program is welcome to call Joyce Johnson, director, at 815-875-2124 or visit their website at www. eccprinceton.org.

Fast & easy approvals Low payments

Experienced, friendly staff

Available Evenings & Weekends *Free Video Conference Available Online at

Christoper Stier and Jennifer Valdez-Stier are the parents of a son born March 15 at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.

Ramirez

Spring Valley UCC will host annual spaghetti dinner Photo contributed

Births Announced Stier

skelly@stephenkellylaw.com

For Your Best Deal, Come See

539 S. MAIN UNIT 2 PRINCETON, IL

124 S. Main St. Princeton, IL

815.641.6488

Jay & Eric at 815-872-1900

9 Sports

Saturday, March 26, 2016 • 9 Prep Top Times— Area athletes qualified for Friday’s Prep Top Times Indoor State Track Meet in Bloomington. Visit www. bcrnews.com/sports to see who qualified.

Gonigam lands PHS girls hoops job

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

Draper signs with Reinhardt St. Bede senior softball player Emily Draper signs to play with Reinhardt University in Waleska, Ga., next year. She received a partial athletic scholarship to the NAIA school which is currently ranked 18th in the nation and is in first place of its conference, the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC). Draper said she chose Reinhardt because of the small classes, small campus and great atmosphere.

“Everyone was so welcoming. I knew I could play softball all year round and it would rarely be cold. The whole team was welcoming and I fit in,” she said. She is planning to study/major in accounting and business. Attending the signing are (front row, left): Jennifer Draper, her mother: Annika Draper, her sister; Emily; Bill Draper, her father; (back row) SBA Athletic Director Tom McGunnigal; and Lady Bruins’ coaches Rob Ruppert and Tom Finch.

Notebook

Local players selected for IV All-Star Game

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

Basketball players from four Bureau County schools have been chosen to participate in the Illinois Valley All-Star Games set for April 9 at Putnam County High School.

The event consists of senior players from the Illinois Valley, nominated by their coaches and selected by media and coaches. The girls will tip off at 5:30 p.m. with a 3-Point Contest and boys’ game to follow.

Ivy Rhodes of Princeton, Amanda Scheri of Hall, Hanna Bima and Julia Pohar of St. Bede and Marisol Rios of DePue will team up for the North Girls. Other area players include Odette Garza of Mendota, Madison Held, Quincy Weber and Abbie Senica of L-P, and Caroline Downey of Henry.

Suiting up for the North Boys will be Jake Reinhardt of Princeton, Drew Pullam and Chris Ballerini of Hall, Andrew Pyszka of St. Bede and Ramon

Puga of DePue. They will join Mason Marquis of Mendota, and Brady Huebbe, Christian Soderholm, Ryan Atilano and Isaiah Tubbs, all of L-P. Host school Putnam County will be represented by Alec Veverka and Tori Smoode.

Coaches for the 2016 game will be James Cherveny (L-P) and Brian Yoder (Flanagan-Cornell) for the boys and Hollis Vickery (L-P) and Mitch Neally (Fieldcrest) for the girls.

• Bruin a spring trip: The St. Bede Bruins baseball team will spend its spring break playing baseball in the Memphis area.

The Bruins will depart Sunday afternoon and will play four games in three days and take in the Ole Miss vs. Memphis college game. They will also make a side trip to Graceland.

New roost for Falcons: The River Valley football co-op, which didn’t finish out its final five games of the 2016 season due to a lack of numbers, has

Notes Page 10

PRINCETON — Bureau Valley’s Tiffany Gonigam is moving across Bureau County lines to become the new head girls’ basketball coach at rival Princeton.

She was named as the basketball coach and social studies teacher at the Princeton High School Board meeting Wednesday, March 23.

Gonigam said she is very excited to come to Princeton and thankful for the opportunity. At the same time, she said it is difficult to leave the kids at Bureau Valley and wishes them the best of luck.

“It is a great opportunity for me first and foremost as an educator. I admire the values and vision that the administration of Princeton High School sets for its students and athletes,” Gonigam said Wednesday evening when reached at the airport before departing for a trip to China over spring break. “As a coach, this is an exciting step for me as well. The program has a nice foundation, and I am anxious to begin putting my mark on building a positive culture in the girls’ basketball program.”

The new Tigresses coach follows Jeff Ohlson, who made the same move a year ago from BV to become athletic director at PHS and later added the basketball duties. He will remain on staff as AD and assistant principal.

She is the third head coach to make the move from BV to PHS in eight years, following Dave Moore

Gonigam Page 10

BCR photo/Kevin Hieronymus

Bureau Valley coach Tiffany Gonigam follows her former coach, Jeff Ohlson, to Princeton High School to become the new varsity girls basketball coach. The 2004 BVHS grad was the Storm’s head coach from 2012-16.

Princeton track and field preview

Opposites attract for PHS track and field

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — The Princeton High School track and field teams are complete opposites when it comes to their make-up.

The PHS girls’ squad has just seven upperclassmen with four seniors and three juniors this season, but support an underclass 17 strong.

In contrast, the Tigers boast a balance of upperclassmen (19) and underclassmen (20) with the promise of 14 incoming freshmen.

Both teams are scheduled to compete in their first outdoors meet Thursday, March 31, at Rock Falls.

The girls While their overall numbers are down, veteran PHS coach Pat

Hodge said the Tigresses have depth in certain areas, particularly in the long jump and triple jump.

Senior Brianna Legner (3200) returns as an all-conference performer.

Other returning letter winners include seniors Tieg Sisler (hurdles, HJ) and Kira Harp (sprints), juniors Kim Glenn (hurdles, HJ), Casey Schertz (mid distance) and Taylor Weatherington (jumps, sprints) and sophomores Aleesha Foster (throws, jumps, hurdles), Margarita Gomez (sprints, jumps), Taylor Hall (throws, mid distance), Kaitlyn Michael (throws), Helen Moore (jumps, sprints, hurdles) and Mikayla Wilhelm (throws, sprints).

Senior Hailey Schultz (jumps) has come out for track after three years on the softball diamond.

Other newcomers are sophomores Alexis Borg (sprints) and Ariana Sanchez (throws) and freshmen Kendra Cain (jumps), Brielle Conwell (throws, sprints), Shaela Hayes (jumps, hurdles, sprints), Julia Hochstatter (sprints), Lydia Mead (sprints, mid distance), Kaitlyn Storm (sprints, jumps) and Bekah Workman (mid distance, distance).

Hodge, now in his 35th year, believes the Tigresses will be competitive with some of the promising freshmen enabling the rebuilding season.

“Everyone has shown good attitudes, good knowledge of their events, and a competitive spirit so far, all of which give us a good place to start,” he said.

PHS Page 10

Illinois Valley Walleye Classic on deck It will be just two weeks from now that the 30th annual Illinois Valley Walleye Classic will take place. This event has generated a tremendous amount of interest and excitement over the last three decades. We have had high water, low water, high temperatures and low temperatures, rain and sun. But each year, the classic brings exciting fishing.

Each two-man team has the opportunity to win more than $10,000 if there is a full field. All fishermen (and women) can fish anywhere on the Illinois River

Lee Wahlgren OUTDOOR COLUMNIST below Starved Rock Dam. Daily flights will start at 7 a.m. and finish at 3 p.m. There will be a five fish limit per day per team.

All SVWC profits go to the Illinois River sauger-stocking program and other river projects

taken on by the SVWC. The club donates $5,000 annually to the Illinois DNR fish hatchery in the form of needed equipment.

One thing I think is amazing is that there will be more than 200 volunteers helping make the classic a success. These volunteers work in some capacity or other, such as boat inspectors, parking and shuttle, scale house and 5-K Run. It is a community and county-wide project.

There will be food, drink and bleacher seats at Barto Landing.

Usually, the fishermen start to

weigh in their catches at 2 p.m. or shortly after.

Very important: There is no spectator parking at Barto Landing. All spectators should park at Hall High School and will be shuttled “to and from” Barto landing free of charge. There are full size vans and a large para-transit bus that will take care of a large flow of visitors.

One more thing I want to mention is the Walleye run which is held a week earlier.

This has been renamed in honor of Lori Guerrini, who was run

coordinator for the first 25 years and passed away in the fall of 2014 after a long, courageous battle with ovarian cancer. The event size is 250, the distance is 5K, and runners will meet at Hall High School.

For more info or to register, call Bob Ziglis at 815-663-6941.

• The annual Whitetails Unlimited banquet held Friday, March 18, was certainly a success. There were many great outdoor raffle and auction items

Wally Page 10

10 Sports

10 • Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Gonigam

The Tiffany Gonigam file:

From Page 9

Senior Spotlight Max Moskalewicz

• St. Bede Academy Name: Max Moskalewicz.

School: St. Bede Academy.

Date/place of birth: March 26, 1998; Spring Valley.

Hometown: LaSalle.

Family: Parents - Jim and Amy; sisters - Abby, Lillian, Caroline.

Sports: Tennis, basketball, soccer.

Favorite sport and why: Basketball - I’ve played since I was 5; it’s very competitive and team oriented.

Favorite food and where to get it: Fajitas buffet in LaSalle, Mexican food.

Likes: Sports, Pokeman, fruit, ice cream, Chicago Bulls and Cubs, Xbox.

Dislikes: Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, weather above 100 degrees and below 0, the end of summer, cats.

Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career (and why): My dad, he gives me confidence and pushes me to become a better player.

Person with the greatest influence in my life (and why): My grandpa. He taught me to live freely, be myself and look forward to any new experience.

Who would be your dream celebrity prom date: Blake Lively.

Name three historic figures you’d like to meet (and why): Michael Jordan, he’s the greatest of all time; John Lennon, he’s inspiring; Martin Luther King Jr., he stood up and acted out for what he believed in.

If stranded on a deserted island, I would have my: Music, sunscreen and a football. I’d make the most of it.

The last song I listened to: “Waves” by Kanye West.

People would be surprised to know: I know almost every word to every song in “Grease.”

I stay home to watch: “The Incredibles” and “Anchorman.”

When I need luck for a big game, I: Wear my lucky Adidas socks that I’ve had forever.

The funniest person I’ve ever met (and why): Jack Kunkel, Nick Needs and Andrew Pyszka (they are a package deal).

They say the most random things and weird.

What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: He could always make someone laugh and his hair was exotic.

Most embarrassing moment: My Frisbee skills in PE; I can’t throw one to save my life.

Most unforgettable moment: Starting on varsity for the first time at SBA gym.

Ultimate sports fantasy: Playing 1-on-1 against Jimmy Butler.

What I would like to do in life: Explore as many places as I can.

Three words that best describe myself: Goofy, caring, energetic.

2008, football) and Ohlson.

Gonigam (class of 2004) played for, coached under and coached for Ohlson at Bureau Valley. She was the Storm’s head coach from 2012-16, guiding the Storm to the 2015 regional championship.

“It seems that Jeff has always been a part of my basketball career,” Gonigam said. “He was my high school coach. He mentored me as an assistant in his program. And he was the athletic director in some of my years as a head coach at Bureau Valley. It’s exciting to be able to work with him again, especially after playing against each other last season. I know his expectations, and he will continue to provide great leadership.”

Ohlson steps aside after just one year as coach to concentrate fully on his duties as AD and assistant principal. He said he has left the basketball program in good hands.

“Princeton High School is super excited to have her accept her position,” he said. “We feel we have an outstanding coach and will do excellent things for our kids moving for-

• 2004 BVHS graduate • First Team Three Rivers All-Conference and All-BCR selection • Played at Monmouth College • Varsity volleyball coach at BVHS, 2010-11.

• Varsity basketball coach at BVHS, 2013-16. ward in the direction we want them to go in the future.”

While they do have a strong connection, Ohlson said Gonigam has earned everything she has got.

“I know her real well. The things Tiffany brings to the plate, her ability to coach, develop the program, lot of attributes are things I’m familiar with because I got to see,” he said.

“Yeah, we have a connection, but her ability as a basketball coach, and more importantly her ability in the classroom as a teacher, she’s earned on her own. I had nothing to do with it.”

Gonigam said it will be different to sit on the home bench at PHS after

PHS From Page 9 The boys Mainstays of the Tiger program are returning state qualifiers and 4-year senior lettermen Kai Tomaszewski (400), who aims for a third-straight state berth in 2A, Brock Griffin (200), and Lenny Mead (300 IH). They will form the nucleus of the Tigers sprint corps which should be very competition, PHS coach Dan Foes said.

Fellow seniors include Jacob Bickett (throws), Dominic Biggs (PV), Austin Rossler (sprints), Griffin Orr (throws) and Cody Workman (distance). The senior class has added newcomers Dalton Jilderda (jumps) and Chaz Williams (throws).

Juniors looking to have a big impact this season are Lucus Sisler (jumps), Brent Loftus (distance), Blake Janssen (sprints, hurdles) and Colton Youngren (throws).

The junior class has been bolstered by

Wally From Page 9 available for the capacity crowd.

Silent auction and live auction as well as the various raffles kept everyone on their toes so they wouldn’t let that object get by without a chance to bid on it.

The dinner of chicken and fish was delicious. If anyone went away hungry, it was their own fault.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Gordon

all these years as a player and coach, but is excited to think about it. Her Storm edged PHS this past season 45-44.

She leaves behind a Storm program she was rebuilding this past season after winning the 2A regional championship, finishing with a 15-13 record (8-6 TRAC). She believes the Storm will have continuing success in the years to come.

“I know they are capable of great things and they will be a team and program to watch over the next few years. I really believe they have all the right components to compete, and I will enjoy hearing of their successes,” said Gonigam, who was the BV head volleyball coach two seasons before switching to basketball.

In four years as head coach at BV, Gonigam’s Storm made great strides.

She took over on the heels of an onewin season, had another one-win season her first year and two years later won regional.

Gonigam will get an up close look at her old team in the Princeton Thanksgiving tournament to start the new season. They will also play twice in TRAC East Division play next year.

Comment on this story at www. bcrnews.com.

newcomers Bret Emmerson, Mike Epperson, Kyle Knudsen, Cole Wright and Austin Wetsel, all in throws. Wetsel is also working on pole vault.

Up and coming sophomores include Kendile Whitford (pole vault, sprints) and Brett Schenck (sprints, jumps).

“We are excited about our whole team and their progression in the preseason.

Each meet and practice session we just continue to get better,” Foes said. “We have a well rounded team this year that can be very competitive. The team goal is just to improve meet to meet and hopefully peak at the end of the season.

“Naturally, we would like to qualify as many individuals as we can for state at the end of the season. Of course the ones who have been there before are itching to get back. Hopefully this shows through for our young guys and they can continue to develop into state bound individuals and relays also.”

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews. com.

Shipp Memorial Award. This is named in honor and memory of Gordon Shipp, a longtime Bureau County resident and outdoorsman.

The award winner this year was Brady Leonard, a student at Ottawa High School.

There were also two very nice awards that were part of a youth drawing. There was a shotgun and a lifetime hunting license won in that drawing. The winner of the gun was Zack Swanky, and the winner of the lifetime hunting license was Griffin Landsvark.

Notes From Page 9 found a new home.

According to Stateline Sports Hub, the Falcons are leaving the Prairieland Blue Conference to play in the Northeastern Athletic Conference this fall. River Valley replaces Arlington Heights Christian Liberty, which has informed the NAC it won’t have enough players for the upcoming season.

There will be much travel involved in the NAC, which includes suburban and northern schools.

River Valley is a co-op of players from Henry, Midland and Lowpoint-Washburn.

Comment on this story at www.bcrnews.com.

The local chapter of Whitetails Unlimited is to be commended for this nice event. I think it is great when they give back to the local area.

I thought the whole event was run smoothly and a good time was had by all. There are too many volunteers to name, but they were well organized and did a good job. Bob Stevens, tell all your helpers “thank you.”

Now let’s get out and get some coyotes.

Lee Wahlgren is the BCR Outdoor Columnist. Contact him at pdub52@ gmail.com.

TRUSTWORTHY FOR 100 YEARS

READ INSURANCE AGENCY

HERE’S TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF AGRICULTURE.

PRINCETON • 815-875-1161 ReadInsurance.com

1st Farm Credit Services® (800) 388-3276 • (815) 872-0067 www.1stfarmcredit.com

L IF E • H OM E • C AR • B US I NE S S

11 MP

Saturday, March 26, 2016 • 11

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Holman, Kilmartin are BCR Coaches of the Year This year’s BCR Coaches of the Year for basketball are Hall’s Brian Holman and St. Bede’s Mike Kilmartin.

Kilmartin directed the Bruins to 19-9 record, best among area teams, and a berth in the regional finals despite the loss of transfer of top scorer Jarret Olson to Galesburg. The BruMike ins went 10-4 in the TRAC, tying for fourth Kilmartin place.

Kilmartin was in his fifth season at the academy and 29th overall.

Holman led the Lady Devils to their first regional championship in four years, continuing to take big steps in just his second year at the helm.

The Lady Devils finished with an area-best 21-6 record (11-3 TRAC, tied for third), defeating rival St. Bede 48-35 for the Seneca Regional title.

Brian Holman

General Terms and Policies The Bureau County Republican reserves the right to classify correctly, edit, reject or cancel any advertisement at any time in accordance with its policy. All ads must be checked for errors by the advertiser, on the first day of publication. We will be responsible for the first incorrect insertion, and its liabilities shall be limited to the price on one insertion.

LINE AD DEADLINES: • Tuesday, BCR deadline Monday 9 am • Thursday, BCR deadline Wednesday, 9 am • Saturday, BCR deadline Friday, 9 am

-100Announcements 110 • Special Notices 2 GRAVE SITES in Elm Lawn Cemetery, Princeton. Northwest corner by Bible. $1,000 for pair.

Call 815-866-5415

- 200 Employment 227 • Drivers SEMI DRIVERS Wanted: Craine Farms Trucking is hiring part-time & fulltime Drivers who are looking for a variety of work; hauling locally, regionally, along with long haul opportunities.

Call 815-454-2736

We Accept

PROMOTE JOB OPENINGS Call 815-875-4461

815-875-4461

228 • Help Wanted

Need To Get The Word Out? We Can Help You Get It Out Right Here!

Give Us A Call 815-875-4461

HORNBAKER GARDENS Looking for help on Landscaping Crew.

Call 815-659-3282

Sports Shorts PYBSL sign-ups, movie day PRINCETON — The Princeton Youth Baseball and Softball League will host its third annual movie presentation at the Apollo Theatre in conjunction with its registration for the 2016 season.

PYBSL will present showings of two youth baseball classics, “The Sandlot” and “Everyone’s Hero” at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 26, at the Apollo. This presentation is open to the public.

Sign-ups continue Saturday, March 26, from 9 a.m. to noon and Wednesday, March 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Prouty Building in Princeton.

Online registration is available at www.pybsl.org. For more information, visit the PYBSL Facebook page

Lori’s Walleye Run

SPRING VALLEY — The 30th annual Lori’s Walleye Run will start at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 26, at Hall High School. The Walleye Run was renamed in honor of Lori Guerrini, who was the race coordinator for the first 25 years and passed away in the fall of 2015 after a long courageous battle with ovarian cancer.

Race day registration packet pick-up is available from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at Hall High School.

Awards will be given to the top three place-finishers in each age bracket, the overall male and female finishers as well as those from Spring Valley.

Minor modifications have been made to the course with starts and finishes in Hall parking lot.

Entry fee is $30 up until and including race day. Make checks payable to Spring Valley Walleye Club, 407 W. Dakota St., Spring Valley, IL 61362.

IV Walleye Classic

SPRING VALLEY — The second annual Illinois Valley Walleye Classic, sponsored by the Spring Valley Walleye Club, will take place April 2-3.

The entry fee is $400 per two-man team. Entry forms are available at spring-valley-walleye.org or by calling Bill Guerrini at 815-663-6141.

There will be a payout of $32,000 based on a field of 100 teams with the Top 10 teams cashing checks.

All SVWC profits go to the Illinois River sauger-stocking program and other SVWC river projects.

Tiger Alumni Game

PRINCETON — The third annual Princeton Tigers Alumni Basketball Game will be Saturday, April 2, at Prouty Gymnasium. Tip-off is 2 p.m.

It is open to all former Malden, Princeton and Tiskil-

NEED EXTRA CASH??

Routes are available delivering the Bureau County Republican in Cherry, Ladd, Manlius, Princeton, Sheffield and Spring Valley.

Delivery days are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings by 7:00 am.

No Collecting Involved.

Ask About Our $25 Sign-On Bonus.

For more information, please call Tom Long, District Manager (815) 875-4461 Ext. 6350

800 Ace Road PO Box 340 Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-4461 Fax 815-875-1235

wa players. The format will depend upon the number of players and ages of players. An “Old Timers” game and “Young Guns” game would be ideal.

Cost is $25 and includes a T-shirt with your jersey number. For more information, contact PHS coach Michael Fredericks at 815-875-3308 or michael.fredericks@phs-il.org.

Rumble for the kids PRINCETON — This year’s Rumble For The Kids will be Saturday, April 30, at Logan Junior High School’s Pannebaker Gymnasium. Doors will open at 4 p.m. with a 5 p.m. bell time.

Rumble For The Kids is an annual wrestling event that helps raise money for non-profit organizations that assist in helping local kids.

St. Margaret’s Health 10K

SPRING VALLEY —The Fourth annual St. Margaret’s Health 10K and 3 Mile Fun Run/Walk will start at 9 a.m.

Saturday, April 23, at St. Margaret’s. Cost is $25 for the 10K and $20 for the 3M Run/Walk

by Friday, April 1. Fee increases $5 after this date. Race-day registration and packet pickup will take place from 7 to 8:50 a.m. at the west pavilion parking lot.

Proceeds will be benefit

the ongoing renovations and improvements to St. Margaret’s Health facilities including the esophageal and colon cancer prevention center.

Online registration is available at www.runrace.net. For more information, call Gina Mudge at (815) 378-9726 or at gcmudge@gmail.com.

L-P volleyball tournament LASALLE — The second annual LEAD 6-on-6 volleyball fundraiser will be Saturday, April 30 in Sellett Gym at LaSalle-Peru Township High School.

The tournament hosted by LP’s LEAD (Leadership, Education, Awareness of Disabilities) team will raise money to support the Starved Rock Area 16 Special Olympics.

Teams of up to eight players with at least two women are invited to register. All players must be at least 18 years old.

The cost to participate is $100 per team. To register, contact Kristie Witte at kwitte@lphs.net or call 815-223-1721, ext. 348.

Correction Jordan Bopes was incorrectly identified in the story in Thursday’s BCR about his meeting with new U of I football coach Lovie Smith. The BCR regrets the error.

INDEPENDENT CONTRACT BUNDLE HAULER The Bureau County Republican is looking for a driver to deliver carrier, store and news rack bundles. Late night/early morning delivery Monday, Wednesday & Friday nights.

A dependable car and proof of insurance is required. Must pass MVR check.

For more information, please call Tom Long, District Manager (815) 875-4461, Ext. 6350

800 Ace Road, Princeton, IL 815-875-4461

12 • Marketplace • Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

228 • Help Wanted

228 • Help Wanted

228 • Help Wanted

228 • Help Wanted

Local Convenient Store MANAGER wanted: Duties include, managing day to day operations, schedulordering/receiving, ing, approximately 50 hours per week, flexible schedule, bonus program. Must be food licensed or willing to obtain. Please send resume to: Box 372 Bureau County Republican PO Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356

THE PRINCETON PUBLIC LIBRARY is looking for an Assistant Librarian.

Candidates must be available to work morning, afternoon and evening shifts. The Assistant Librarian is responsible for providing general library services to the public in a courteous manner and in accordance with Library policies and procedures.

He or she will perform various duties as assigned in the operation of the library including assisting with Circulation duties, processing library materials and assisting where needed. He or she will work under broad supervision using established procedures and verbal instructions from Library Director; may perform assigned tasks under supervision of the Technical Services Coordinator. Occasionally may work unsupervised and be expected to solve problems and serve library users independently. Refers legal, budgetary and human-resources issues to the Library Director.

High School Diploma or equivalent with college courses.

Applications available at Library circulation desk: 698 East Peru, Princeton

FULL-TIME TEMP JOB ANNOUNCEMENT TEMPORARY HELP WANTED in Agricultural Office.

Salary range $13.53-$16.99 per hour.

Applications available at the Bureau County FSA Office located at 312 East Backbone Road, Princeton, IL. We recognize and appreciate the benefits of diversity in the workplace.

People who share this belief and reflect a diverse background are encouraged to apply. This vacancy announcement closes April 8, 2016 and applications must be received by that date. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender

IOWA INTERSTATE RAILROAD (Blue Island, IL) is currently looking for RAILROAD CONDUCTORS. $25.24/hour after probationary period.

Varied Hours. Drug screen & background check. For a complete job description or to apply visit www.iaisrr.com.

IAIS is an EOE

PROMOTE JOB OPENINGS We can help get your business fully staffed.

Call 815-875-4461 NOW HIRING EVENING COOK Part-time. Competitive wage. Current sanitation certificate preferred.

Good working environment.

Apply in person: Heritage Health 1301 21st Street, Peru, IL 61354 EOE Full-time TECHNICIAN for power washing, floor care, restoration, etc.

Variable hours Monday through Saturday. Benefits available. Experience preferred but will train the right person..

Apply at: Combined Cleaning & 1503 Restoration, Olympic Road, Princeton 815-872-5326

FIND YOUR NEXT JOB RIGHT HERE!

MACON GENERAL CONTRACTORS Needs a Millwright with over 5 years experience for commercial construction projects.

Send resume to fax #: 866-811-5248, email: steve.stoller@ macongc.com or mail to: 201 Bonita Avenue, Bradford IL 61421. 309-897-8216 SWIMMING POOL Construction Company Located in Buda, IL has Seasonal Labor positions available. Long hours, available most weekends.

Call 309-895-1010

- 400 Merchandise

232 • Business Opportunities

230 • Work Wanted HANDYMAN Very handy all around the house. Guaranteed.

Call Paul 815-376-2126, if no answer please leave a message THE CLEANING LADY Hate cleaning? I love it.

General house cleaning.

Reliable & trustworthy.

For details call: 815-719-2188 Wanted: LAWNS TO MOW Commercial or residential.

Fully insured.

Call 815-303-9665

PROMOTE JOB OPENINGS The Bureau County Republican Classified can help you promote your job openings and get your business full staffed.

434 • Miscellaneous Sales

********** THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of the Bureau County Republican Does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by ”900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

The Bureau County Republican Classifieds makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact: Better Business Bureau 330 North Wabash Chicago, IL 60611 312-832-0500

25 gallon CNL sprayer.

Countyline (TSC) Like new. $100.

Call 815-875-4461

441 • Wanted to Buy WANTED TO BUY: Old leather bound books and old comic books.

Call 815-481-4922

450 • Under $1000

25 gallon CNL sprayer.

Countyline (TSC).

Like new. $100.

Call 815-875-4461

Men's right hand golf clubs & pro bag, $150.

Call 815-303-8116

28' tri tower, TV aerial, like new $125; (6) 9' heavy end posts, $15 each. Call 815-638-2662

Riding lawn mower, TSC mower. 15-1/2 hp, 42” cut, stick shift, looks like new. $500.

Call 815-643-2437

72" TV cabinet, holds 40" screen, $100; 20' used counter top, light gray formica, $75; electric range $15. 815-343-6523

Twin bunk beds in very good condition. $100 or best offer.

Call 815-646-6665

Countyline (TSC) 25 gallon CNL sprayer.

Like new. $100.

Call 815-875-4461

************ HAVE SOMETHING TO SELL?

448 • Pets & Livestock

Entertainment center 47" tall. Comes with RCA 27" TV. $85 or best offer.

Call 815-878-9086

DONATE NOW! “The animals are crying” Tri-County Humane Society. LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam Counties.

Call 815-875-6145 or 815-872-9781 or send donation to: PO Box 1601, LaSalle, IL 61301

Girl's 16” Princess bike $20; Scotts push type reel mower $40; Fender skirts/1972 Caprice $75.

Call 815-866-8934

PETS OR PET SUPPLIES? Find it all right here!

450 • Under $1000

ADVERTISE YOUR SERVICES RIGHT HERE! In the Classified. Just call 815-875-4461.

450 • Under $1000

150 license plates for IL & MI, 1- IA, $200/offer; secretary desk, $50; walnut table, 2'x4', $20.

Call 815-546-2677

Put your ad in for FREE

Jazzy Select GT electric wheel chair, charger, adjustable headrest, seat belt, owner's manual. $900/ best. 815-303-2963

Items $1,000 or less can run FREE for 1 week. Limit of 5 lines.

Up to 3 items with price and price totaling under $1,000. 1 ad per household per week.

No commercial ads, firearms or animal sales.

Go to: bcrnews.com, to place an ad. Use category merchandise and then bargains or E-mail information to: classified@ bcrnews.com (include your name, address & phone number) No Phone Calls!

Love seat $40; oak triple dresser 9 drawers & mirror, $60.

Call 815-879-8001

White wicker bar with 2 stools, never used, $250.

Call 815-875-2162

Golf clubs: Ping G-25 driver, $150; Cleveland 588 wedge, $50. As new.

Call 815-872-1906, leave message

Business Directory Marketplace

•NEW HOMES•GARAGES •ROOM ADDITIONS •ROOFING•SIDING •POLE BUILDINGS •REMODELING

Towing Available

FOLEY MOTORS

Full Service Store

Inc.

Sales & Service

Rt. 29, Henry, IL 309-364-4711 www.foleymotorsinc.com

• Business Cards • Envelopes • Booklets • Forms • Pamphlets • Letterheads For all your printing solutions call

875-4461

Post Office Box 114 Walnut, IL. 61376

815-866-6858

BOB’S DRYWALL, PAINT, ETC

Bob Cmolik

To

• Drywall • Paint • Texturing • Bathrooms • Plaster Repair • Remodeling • Tiling 19 Aztec Circle, Putnam, IL 815-342-1385 bcmolik@yahoo.com

FREE ESTIMATES

Home: 815-379-9317 Email: haroldrollo@yahoo.com Ans. Machine: 815-379-2350 Website: Cell Phone: 815-303-9321 www.rolloconstruction.com

WYANET LOCKER, INC. 218 RAILROAD AVE. WYANET, IL

(815) 699-2208 Scott Sabin, Owner

Wholesale & Retail Meats

Toll Free

AUTHORIZED DEALER

(877) 324-9517

County’s 1 st Stop

For Plumbing & Heating!

(815) 872-2615

815-882-2111 815-875-2540

PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. www.grassersplumbingheating.com 404 W. Main, McNabb (State ID No. 58-100249)

•NEW HOMES•GARAGES •ROOM ADDITIONS •ROOFING•SIDING •POLE BUILDINGS •REMODELING

T

Residential • Commercial • Sales • Installation • Service Sectional Steel Doors • Automatic Door Openers

FREE Estimates

800 Ace Road PO Box 340 Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-4461 fax 815-875-1235

FREE ESTIMATES • FULLY INSURED

P.O. BOX 33 • Malden, IL 61337

ES

Home: 815-379-9317 Ans. Machine: 815-379-2350 Cell Phone: 815-303-9321

Post Office Box 114 • Walnut, IL 61376 Email: haroldrollo@yahoo.com • Website: www.rolloconstruction.com

Quality Pre-Owned Vehicles

FREE ESTIMAT

Timber Falls Tree Service

•Tree Trimming & Removals •Stump Grinding •Lot & Land Clearing •Fully Insured •Seasoned Firewood •24 Hour Service

Princeton, IL • 815-875-3100 Adam Stegmann 815-503-9121 RT Piper 815-866-2637

Advertise Your Services Right Here And Get Busy!

815-875-4461

Pat Wood, Owner

wyanetlocker.com

add your listing to this page contact us at

(815) 875-4461, Ext. 6341

Saturday, March 26, 2016 • Marketplace • 13

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

451 • Free

774 • Lots for Sale

999 • Legal Notices

FREE Piano you pickup.

Call 815-343-6523

BUILDING LOT 75'x150' zoned R3, includes 1 car garage. $26,500.

Call 815-875-1923

said township will take place on TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2016 (Being the second Tuesday of said month.) at the hour of 7:00 p.m. at the Wyanet Township Hall For the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said township; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting; and especially to consider and decide the following: Dated: March 18, 2016

Carole Yandel Township Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Mar. 26, 2016

-600Transportation

DO YOU HAVE A LOT TO SELL? The Bureau County Republican Classified can help you sell it!

614 • Car Sales

852 • Mobile Home Rental

******* $$ CASH PAID $$ We pay top dollar for junk (cars, machinery, etc.)

2 BEDROOM $325 a month.

1 month deposit.

Call 708-805-1950

Call 815-878-9353

856 • Apartment Rentals

- 700 Real Estate For Sale

MANLIUS 2 bedroom apartment with garage.

Water, sewer, garbage services included. No pets. 1 year lease. $450 per month + $450 security deposit. Available April 1st. References required.

Call 815-445-6731

767 • Mobile Home Sales **************** PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call, HUD tollfree at 800 669-9777.

The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 800 927-9275

PRINCETON 2 bedroom.

Remodeled. Great neighborhood. Lease, deposit. $600. 810 South Euclid.

Call 217-766-8497 PRINCETON 20 East Peru Street. 1 Bedroom Apartments. Appliances, water, gas and garbage included. $425 + security.

Call 815-303-3805 PRINCETON Fritz Apartment for rent. Quiet living, heat/water furnished, 2 bedroom, living room/ dining room/kitchen/bath.

Starting at $550 per month, includes carport.

References and deposit required. 815-876-6388 PRINCETON Spacious 1 bedroom. Eat in kitchen.

Plenty of closets. Laundry facility available. No pets. $450 includes water.

Call 815-878-4149 PRINCETON upper, 1 bedroom, efficiency apartment. Utilities included. $425/month. Deposit required. Call Robin @ 815872-3456 WYANET 2 bedroom apartment. 1 car garage.

Stove, fridge. Washer/dryer hookup. Call 815-6992686/815-915-5074

858 • Homes for Rent

768 • Homes For Sale

HOMES FOR RENT: Wyanet-Princeton-Buda.

Pets allowed.

1 to 3 bedrooms, 1 bath.

Call 815-875-2099

PRINCETON For Sale 3 bedroom home, 2 bath, attached 3 car garage on 1 acre. 1904 Freedom Lane: For Sale: 3 bedroom home, attached garage, Bureau side LAKE THUNDERBIRD Farm 9.2 acre 6.3 Tillable 2.5 woods perfect for dream home, horse farm, hunting, 1925 E. 425 N Tiskilwa Blacktop, Bureau County.

LADD Corner house on 2 lots, garage, 303 Lincoln.

Thomas J. Swan, managing broker. 815-437-2087

LAKE THUNDERBIRD 12 Hemlock Drive. Small 2 bedroom A Frame. 2 car detached garage. Stove & fridge. $650 a month. $1,650 moves you in.

Call 815-664-2808 PRINCETON 3 bedroom home. Basement, central air, 2 car garage. $700 a month. 815-875-1923

DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO RENT? The Bureau County Republican Classified can help you find the right person to move in.

DO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO SELL? The Bureau County Republican Classified can help you find the right person to move in.

999 • Legal Notices

772 • Land for Sale

ANNUAL TOWNSHIP MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN To the legal voters, residents of the Township of Wyanet in the County of Bureau and the State of Illinois, that the Annual Township meeting of

FARMLAND FOR SALE 60 acres. Parcel #26-29203-000, LaSalle County, Section 29, Township 32N, Range 2E of the 3rd principal meridian. Send bids to 27745 US Hwy 6, Princeton, IL 61356. All bids subject to refusal and must be received by April 18, 2016

Illinois Farmland For Sale

Henry Co. - 287± acres innog/improvements, soil PI Sold d

Pen ale2016 of 129, lease open Sfor

McHenry Co. - 254± acres - Price reduced!

Homesite, grain storage, Morton machine shed

Putnam Co. - 464± acres - Price reduced!

Homesite, Morton machine shed, front cattle shed, 2 grain bins Call Timothy A. Harris, Managing Broker 815-875-7418 www.capitalag.com 22263 1365 North Ave., Princeton, IL 61356

999 • Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Casey’s Retail Company is the purchaser of the real estate hereafter described, and has filed a Petition requesting that variances be granted in order to construct a 350 square foot highway pylon sign that includes a 48 square foot electronic message board on said property pursuant to the provisions of the Land Development Code of the City of Princeton.

The subject property of this Petition is legally described as follows: Part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 4, Township 16 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, City of Princeton, B u r e a u C o u n t y , Illinois Said real estate is 1.047 Acres., and is located at 2125 N. Main St., Princeton, IL NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY given that a public hearing on said Petition will be held before the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Princeton, Illinois, on Tuesday, April 12th, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., The hearing will be held at the City Hall Council Chambers located at 2 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois.

Dated: 2016

March 26,

By: Brian Gift Director of Planning City of Princeton 815-879-3381 Published in the Bureau County Republican Mar. 26, 2016.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF ) THE ESTATE OF ) SHARON LEE DAVID,) DECEASED. ) NO 2016-P-20 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given to creditors of the death of Sharon Lee Davis.

Letters of Office as Independent Executor were issued to Tammy Sue Thorpe Murphy, PO Box 709, Seneca, IL 61360, whose Attorney is DONALD F. BLACK, BLACK & BLACK, 201 Liberty Street, Suite 211, Morris, Illinois 60450.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at Bureau County Courthouse, 700 S. Main St., Princeton, IL 61356, with the representative, or both, within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice or, if mailing or delivery of a notice is required

by Section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

TAMMY SUE THORPE MURPHY INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR Donald F. Black Black & Black 201 Liberty Street Suite 211 PO Box 148 Morris, IL 60450 815-942-0594 Published in the Bureau County Republican March 19, 26 and Apr. 2, 2016.

CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF ) MURREL K. BAKER, ) DECEASED ) NO. 2016-P-21 CLAIM NOTICE

999 • Legal Notices

999 • Legal Notices

999 • Legal Notices

Notice is given of the death of Murrel K. Baker. Letters of office were issued to Joanne Baker of 203 West Main Street, P.O. Box 160, Wyanet, Illinois 61379 as Independent Executor whose attorneys are Angel, Isaacson & Tracy, 111 Park Avenue East, Princeton, Illinois 61356.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court, Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois 61356, or with the Independent Executor, or both, on or before September 19, 2016, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the Independent Executor is required

by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Executor and to the attorneys within 10 days after it has been filed.

Dated this 16th day of March, 2016.

Angel, Isaacson & Tracy Attorneys for Estate

111 Park Avenue East Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-6551 Published in the Bureau County Republican March 19, 26 and Apr. 4, 2016.

the Recorder of Deeds of Bureau County, Illinois, as Document No. 2011R05578; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Mary C. Dremann Clerk of the Circuit Court 700 South Main Street Bureau County Courthouse Princeton, IL 61356 on or before April 11, 2016, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-15-17724 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I687405 Published in the Bureau County Republican March 12, 19 and 26, 2016.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF ) THE PETITION OF ) RANAY LOEHR ) for Change of Name ) CASE NO. 16-MR-22 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Public notice is hereby given that on June 3, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. in courtroom 210, Bureau County Courthouse, 700 S. Main Street, Princeton, Illinois, I will present and ask that my Petition in said Court, praying for the change of my name from Ranay Loehr to that of Ranay Janssen be approved, pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided.

Dated at March 24, Illinois, 2016. /s/Ranay Loehr Petitioner Published in the Bureau County Republican Mar. 26, Apr. 2 and 9, 2016.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 13TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY - PRINCETON, ILLINOIS First State Bank ) PLAINTIFF )

Vs. ) Mark A. Maynard; Jerry A. Maynard; ) Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Glenda L. ) Maynard; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord ) )Claimants; Kenneth McEvoy, as Special ) Representative for Glenda L. Maynard ) (deceased) ) DEFENDANTS ) 15 CH 00082 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Glenda L. Maynard Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 303 Heaton Street Walnut, IL 61376 and which said Mortgage was made by: Glenda L. Maynard executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to Citizens First National Bank, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of LEGAL NOTICES The Bureau County Republican Classified MarketPlace brings you the legal information you have a right to know. Check out each publication and stay informed!

Public Auction 77.92± surveyed acres Bureau Co., IL Farmland 76.82± cropland acres - No Improvements - 1 Tract

Property Location: Part of East 1/2 of Northwest 1/4 of Section 18, Township 8 North, Range 9 East, Ohio Twp.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Ian Cardosi is the owner of the real estate hereafter described, and has filed a Petition requesting a Special Use to permit a shipping container storage facility in an M-2 District on said real estate, pursuant to the provisions of the City of Princeton Land Development Code.

The subject property of this Petition is legally described as follows: Tract 1: Lot 4 of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 16 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian Tract 2: Part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 16 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian Tract 3: The North 50 feet of Lot 5 of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 16 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian Said real estate is approximately 1.27 acres and is located at 1119 N. Church St., Princeton, IL PIN: 16-09-330-001 NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY given that a public hearing on said Petition will be held before the Plan Commission of the City of Princeton, Illinois, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., The hearing will be held at the City Hall Council Chambers located at 2 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois. For information on this petition prior to the hearing; please contact Brian Gift, Director of Planning at 815-879-3381.

Dated: March 26, 2016 By: Brian Gift Director of Planning City of Princeton Published in the Bureau County Republican Mar. 26, 2016.

r ber you Remem dchild, ran child, g ephew n o niece r h wit a

E E R F . hday ad 1st Birt

Camden Thomas DeMay February 26, 2015 Love always, Mommy, Daddy & Harper

To place your FREE Happy 1st Birthday ad in the Bureau County Republican please send us the following: • Baby’s Name:_____________________________________

Auction Location: Green River Country Club

• Birth Date:________________________________________

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 11:00 a.m.

• Contact Name_____________ Day Phone:_____________

15212 IL Route 92, Walnut, IL

Bidder Registration begins at 10:15 a.m.

Timothy A. Harris, Managing Broker/Auctioneer 815-875-7418

• Salutation:________________________________________ *Picture will be returned only if a self-addressed stamped envelope is included.

One Ad Per Child Please

timothy.a.harris@prudential.com

IL Lic. Auctioneer #441.001976

Seller: Ella Snodgrass Trust, The First National Bank in Amboy, Trustee

Details on Auction & Services at

www.capitalag.com

22263 1365 N. Ave., Princeton, IL 61356

800 Ace Road • P.O. Box 340 • Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-4461 • www.bcrnews.com/classifieds

14 • Marketplace • Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

999 • Legal Notices

999 • Legal Notices

999 • Legal Notices

999 • Legal Notices

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN To the legal voters, residents of the Town of Princeton, in the county of Bureau, and the State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will take place on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 being the second Tuesday of said month (as per the Township Code which states: the Annual Town Meeting SHALL be held on the second Tuesday in April, at the hour of 6:00 p.m. Said meeting will be held at the Princeton Township Building 235 East Railroad Avenue, Princeton, Illinois, for the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said town; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting; and especially to consider and decide the following: approve minutes of the April 14, 2015 Annual Town Meeting, set dates for regular monthly meetings, set a date for the 2017 Annual Town Meeting which

by State Law and Township Code will be April 11, 2017.

Dated: March 15, 2016 Ted Johnson, - Princeton Township Town Clerk Princeton Township 2016 Annual Town Meeting April 12, 2016 – 6:01 p.m. – Princeton Township Building 235 East Railroad Avenue, Princeton, Illinois AGENDA I. Clerk calls meeting to Order.

II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Election of Moderator and set Moderator’s compensation.

IV. Moderator takes Oath of Office, Opens Meeting.

V. Approval of minutes from April 14th, 2015

Annual Town Meeting. (Those in attendance

have copies.)

VI. Approval of Date, Time, and Location of

Regular Monthly Meetings for fiscal year April

1, 2016 - March 31, 2017.

VII. Announce Date, Time, and Location of 2017 Annual Town Meeting which will be April 11, 2017, at 6:01 p.m. in the Township Building located at 235 East Railroad Avenue,

Princeton, Illinois.

VIII. Reports and Discussions: IX. Adjournment Published in the Bureau County Republican Mar. 26, 2016.

driveway that connects Park Avenue East and certain property owned by the Midland States Bank of Princeton located to the South of said Tracts PARCEL V: Part of Lot Fifty (50) in the Original Town, now City of Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Northwest Corner of Lot 50; thence Easterly along the North line of said Lot 50, a distance of 99.0 feet; thence South to a point 42.0 feet North of the South line of said Lot 50, said point also being the Point of Beginning of the following described property thence South a distance of 42.0 feet to said South line; thence Easterly along said South line, a distance of 37.5 feet; thence North a distance of 42.0 feet; thence West a distance of 37.5 feet to the Point of beginning.

Said real estate is approximately .25 acres and is located at 777 S. Main St., Princeton, IL PIN: 16-16-379-000 NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY given that a public hearing on said Petition will be held before the Plan Commission of the City of Princeton, Illinois, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., The hearing will be held at the City Hall Council Chambers located at 2 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois. For information on this petition prior to the hearing; please contact Brian Gift, Director of Planning at 815-879-3381.

Dated: March 26, 2016

By: Brian Gift Director of Planning City of Princeton Published in the Bureau County Republican Mar. 26, 2016.

That part of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 16 North, Range 9 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian described as follows: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the North half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 20; thence North 00 degrees 40 minutes 32 seconds West 282.38 feet along the East line of the North half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 20; thence South 88 degrees 52 minutes 31 seconds West 527.63 feet parallel to the South line of the said North half to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing South 88 degrees 52 minutes 31 seconds West 150.00 feet parallel to the South line of the said North half; thence North 00 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds West 453.69 feet to a point on the South line of Sunset Prairie West Subdivision to the City of Princeton, Illinois; thence North 88 degrees 43 minutes 00 Seconds East 150.00 feet along said South line; thence South 00 degrees 33 minutes 03 seconds East 454.11 feet to the Point of Beginning containing 1.563 acres more or less and all situated in the City of Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois.

Permanent Index No. of the original parcel is: 16-20-226-020 NOTICE IS FURTHER HEREBY given that a public hearing on said Petition will be held before the Plan Commission of the City of Princeton, Illinois, on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 5:30 p.m., The hearing will be held at the City Hall Council Chambers located at 2 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois. For information on this petition prior to the hearing; please contact Brian Gift, Director of Planning at 815-879-3381.

Dated: March 26, 2016 By: Brian Gift Director of Planning City of Princeton Published in the Bureau County Republican Mar. 26, 2016.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Gary Moreland, is the majority owner of the real estate hereafter described, and has filed a Petition requesting a 3 unit residential condominium redevelopment on said real estate, pursuant to the provisions of the City of Princeton Land Development Code.

The subject property of this Petition is legally described as follows: PARCEL I: Sublots Six (6) and Seven ( 7) of Lot Fifty ( 50) in the Original Town, now City of Princeton, said lands lying and being situated in Bureau County , Illinois PARCEL II : Part of Lot Fifty (50) of the original town, (now City) of Princeton, bounded as follows: Commencing 99 feet East of the Northwest corner of said lot and running thence South 150 feet; thence East 49-1/2 feet; thence North 150 feet; and thence West to the place of beginning, lying and being situated in Bureau County, Illinois; PARCEL III: A tract described as commencing at the Northwest corner of Lot 51 in the original town, now City, of Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois; running thence South on the West line of said Lot 50 feet; thence East to the East line of said lot; thence North 50 feet to the Northeast corner of said lot; thence West to the place of beginning; excepting 116 feet in width off of the East end thereof, lying and being situated in Bureau County, Illinois.

PARCEL IV: The easement and right of way for ingress and egress over, through, across and upon the existing driveway located Easterly of the above Tracts I, II, and III, being the existing

2015 BOARD OF REVIEW FINAL ASSESSMENT LIST The following is a public notice to the taxpayers of Ohio, Lamoille, Clarion, Dover, Berlin, Westfield, Wyanet, Princeton, Selby, Hall, and Leepertown Townships, Bureau County, Illinois, of changes in assessed values of property as made by the Board of Review of Bureau County, Illinois for the tax year 2015 (taxes payable in 2016).

Decisions resulting in NO change of assessed value are NOT listed in this publication.

This publication is made pursuant to section 12-60 of property tax code (35 ILCS 200/12-60).

Be advised that the first column of assessments is the total assessed value at the Supervisor of Assessments’ level.

The second column of assessments is the total assessed value after all Board of Review actions.

Thomas H. Sweeney, Clerk

Bureau County

Board of Review Parcel Number Owner Name SA Value BOR Total –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– OHIO 04-09-329-012 SWANSON, HELEN W 16,569 3,333 04-09-403-014 HULL, DOUG 24,908 5,673 04-09-429-008 THOMAS, KYLE L 0 12,667 04-31-300-003 TAYLOR, SALLY ANN 36,793 0 04-31-300-004 BOHM, DORIS J 0 20,972 04-31-300-005 BOHM, KENNETH E 0 15,821 04-31-400-006 SAYLER, TAMMIE A 0 15,951 04-31-400-007 ERICKSON, COURTNEY 0 15,950 LAMOILLE 05-07-400-004 STERLING ET UX, COLLIN D 57,919 49,962 05-24-180-009 LAMOILLE HOUSING LTD PTP 135,841 100,849 05-24-288-003 ADEN ET UX, JOHNATHAN E 9,324 4,083 05-25-201-003 SAMPO REVOCABLE TRUST 101,271 83,333 CLARION 06-03-100-007 BUETTNER ET UX, KENNETH 151,236 133,168 06-13-300-016 STEVENSON ET UX, GLENN TYLER 129,320 120,000 06-24-300-005 ROSENWINKEL, KEITH A. 0 9,542 06-24-300-006 GEUTHER BEGGS ET UX, SANDRA 0 32,200 06-33-300-008 KRZYZEK, THOMAS M 0 54,979 06-33-300-009 MILLER ET UX, JOEL R 0 81,334 06-36-200-001 LAUER ET UX, JAMES J 22,169 0 06-36-200-002 LAUER ET UX, JAMES J 0 19,634 06-36-200-003 LAUER ET UX, ANDREW 0 2,535 DOVER 10-11-300-004 ANDERSON III, WILLIAM F 6,843 6,604 10-24-477-010 DOVER TOWNSHIP 1,022 0 10-27-200-010 SCHULTZ ET AL, LORI 0 28,996 10-27-200-011 ANDERSON ET AL, RANDALL 0 18,539

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Jennifer Alter owner of the real estate hereafter described has filed a Petition requesting a one lot subdivision of said real estate, pursuant to the provisions of City of Princeton Land Development Code.

The subject property of this Petition is legally described as follows:

Parcel Number Owner Name SA Total BOR Total –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– BERLIN 11-18-400-005 WAYNE C BOEHLE FAMILY TR 88,852 88,819 11-29-351-001 GRABILL ET AL, LINDA 2,864 WESTFIELD 12-08-406-002 DWYER, GEORGE C 2,460 259 12-08-430-002 DWYER, GEORGE C 0 3,846 12-08-451-006 DWYER, GEORGE C 0 11,424 12-27-340-015 VILLAGE OF CHERRY 15,295 0 12-27-341-016 CHERRY FIRE PROTECTION DIST 36,473 0 12-27-459-010 BODNUM, KEN 53,150 46,667 12-34-100-019 GILLAN ET UX, WESLEY J 0 74,186 WYANET 15-04-300-008 HANSEN, RODNEY 0 4,850 15-04-300-009 HANSEN, RODNEY 0 6,562 15-11-200-002 JOHNSEN ET UX, CHRISTOPHER E 45,071 27,710 15-21-126-001 CITIZENS FIRST STATE BANK 121,227 53,911 15-22-100-002 SHETTEL ET UX, NED M 51,509 51,149 15-25-200-004 SPRINGER, JOHN 21,317 3,333 15-25-200-007 SPRINGER, JOHN 49,277 49,281 15-35-200-008 BRADDY ET UX, DWAYNE 118,818 76,908 PRINCETON 16-17-301-019 THOMPSON, PAULA M 79,602 74,500 16-17-327-004 BAKER ET UX, ROBERT 38,908 25,267 16-17-452-020 REDGIER ET UX, RALPH L 60,034 44,133 16-17-479-018 CASS ET UX, WILLIAM A 64,386 49,345 16-18-428-005 LAINE ET UX, EDWARD A 81,924 79,742 16-19-400-024 TRACEY, SEAN 100,470 72,550 16-20-227-009 FRERICHS ET UX, JEREMY 80,519 65,000 16-20-227-011 RABE ET UX, DARRIN G 68,930 63,340 16-20-227-025 WALKER ET UX, MICHAEL E 39,405 32,140 16-21-101-027 MARION ET UX, DONALD R 99,056 85,492 16-21-126-004 PRUTER TR, DONALD E 72,704 66,633 16-21-126-009 BONUCCI ET UX, ANTHONY 112,497 78,905 16-21-153-008 MCCANCE ET UX, GERALD K 79,981 71,667 16-21-176-002 PRINCETON SENIOR HOUSING 101,618 76,409 16-21-176-004 PRINCETON SENIOR HOUSING 134,656 95,428 16-21-303-008 BONNEY, PAULETTE J 22,159 21,667 16-22-300-006 ROWE ET AL, R DEAN 22,213 21,673 16-29-352-013 COX ET UX, WILLIAM J 68,526 44,050 16-35-126-009 KLINGENBERG ET UX, JERAD 59,601 56,333 16-35-202-018 JOHNSON JR ET UX, RICHARD F 57,856 50,000 16-35-228-005 SCOTT ET AL, TERRY C 60,473 58,333 16-35-401-004 GREY ET UX, THOMAS S 99,276 81,667 16-35-401-010 PORUBA, MARY 92,261 83,916 16-36-151-002 BENTON ET AL, ROBERT D 76,676 72,035 SELBY 17-10-300-004 CAIN ET AL, KYLE 102,997 91,667 17-13-200-005 CROISANT ET UX, PERRY E 0 43,154

We’re Taking FREE Classified Advertising

for all items valued under $1,000!

Parcel Number Owner Name SA Total BOR Total –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 17-13-376-015 STERLING ET UX, HAROLD 0 15,000 17-17-300-002 HUBBARD ET AL, LARRY J 9,152 7,500 17-33-200-002 WRIGHT ET UX, GARY 22,709 16,010 17-33-400-007 PROSTKO JR TR ET UX, JOHN 51,599 47,180 17-35-326-007 FLORES ET AL, MARIA I 11,053 10,399 17-35-353-007 HERNANDEZ ET UX, ANGEL F 14,710 4,667 17-35-356-002 ERTEL ET UX, GLEN 16,345 4,000 17-35-402-015 SERRANO RAYA ET UX, JAMIE 17,867 16,000 17-35-402-018 CARACHEO JR, ANTONIO 0 11,360 17-35-402-019 CARACHEO JR, ANTONIO 0 341 17-36-157-002 HERNANDEZ, RICHARD 15,929 10,000 17-36-159-003 FLORES, MARIA I 8,373 4,500 17-36-161-005 MADRIGAL ET UX, ANTONIO R 11,442 5,833 17-36-251-001 GARCIA ET UX, EUGENIO 32,689 28,333 HALL 18-09-432-008 LUCAS, MARK J 36,275 19,194 18-10-366-009 DEVERT ET UX, DEAN J 11,869 11,058 18-14-100-010 BRYANT ET UX, ERIC R 81,739 67,816 18-23-300-002 LUKOSUS LIVING TRUST 77,233 0 18-23-300-008 LUKOSUS LIVING TRUST 0 43,799 18-23-300-009 SHAW ET AL, MICHAEL D. 0 33,434 18-24-176-012 NANNI ET UX, LEE A 37,923 26,235 18-24-406-005 BECKER, RYAN S 44,519 39,333 18-26-200-006 LAVANWAY, CONNIE L 24,635 6,698 18-26-351-035 NASS ET UX, GARY V 9,738 8,505 18-33-226-016 QUESSE, WILLIAM 98,952 81,667 18-33-402-008 KUSEK ET UX, JOHN A 27,076 1,378 18-33-402-009 KUSEK ET UX, JOHN A 2,667 28,365 18-34-126-006 SPRING VALLEY SENIOR HOUSING LPI 268,127 96,683 18-34-155-011 MIKLAVCIC ET UX, MARK A 36,783 28,644 18-34-156-002 DIAZ ET UX, PAUL C 37,923 28,681 18-34-157-018 DUFFIELD ET UX, BRIAN P 51,569 32,872 18-34-230-002 SOBIN, THOMAS 28,180 10,000 18-34-277-012 MICHELETTI ET UX, GEORGE J 32,455 28,563 18-34-277-013 VENEGAS ET AL, MICKEY 20,608 14,367 18-34-287-015 HEARTLAND BANK & TRUST 238,320 98,668 18-34-403-009 DUDLEY ET UX, DAVID 11,828 10,000 18-34-457-009 STANK, MATTHEW J 46,700 43,323 18-34-476-009 CARMAN, DORIS J 30,146 22,300 18-35-153-009 DAVIS, RUTHETTA 30,387 9,058 18-35-162-001 ST MARGARETS HOSPITAL 32,279 20,498 18-35-162-005 ST MARGARETS HOSPITAL 25,490 3,327 18-35-200-023 MALTAS ET UX, TERRY L 71,202 65,012 18-35-310-001 DEROSE, HOWARD R 25,450 17,667 18-36-305-011 MILLS ET UX, ROBERT G 32,991 30,998 24-03-201-014 CRUZ, JOSEPH J 64,305 62,600 Published in the Bureau County Republican March 26, 2016.

E-mail items • Up to 5 lines of copy for sale to: classified@ • 3 items maximum in ad bcrnews.com • 1 ad per week, per household • Private party sales only • Excludes services, firearms & animal sales

15

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Saturday, March 26, 2016 • 15

16 Biz Ag

16 • Saturday, March 26, 2016

Bureau County Republican • bcrnews.com

Business&Ag

Do you have a new business? Has someone from your company received an award? Is your ag operation doing something different or unique? — Contact BCR Staff Writer Lyle Ganther at 815-875-4461, ext. 6360, or email him at lganther@bcrnews.com with your story ideas or press releases.

Illinois Farm Bureau programs work to counter rural doctor, nurse shortages

By Peggy Romba, program manager, Illinois Farm Bureau Special to the BCR

For urban and rural residents alike, rural America is famous for wide open spaces, gorgeous landscapes, quiet small towns and friendly neighbors. But in many rural communities across the country, there’s one crucial thing missing from the picturesque villages and towns: Doctors and nurses.

The shortage of primary-care doctors and nurses in rural communities extends nation-

wide. Only 34 percent of U.S. doctors practice primary and family care, while the rest are specialists, leaving many rural communities unable to recruit and retain doctors.

But the shortage of primary care doctors isn’t the only reason rural communities have been left out in the cold. For doctors and nurses just graduating, working in rural communities can be intimidating, with long hours and frequent on-call hours, not to mention the difficulties physicians’ or nurses’ spouses encounter when trying to find work in places with limited economic opportunities.

To help combat the rural

medical professional shortage, Illinois Farm Bureau in partnership with the Illinois State Medical Society, administers two programs: the Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance Program (RIMSAP) and the Rural Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program.

Both programs help encourage and develop the pool of rural health practitioners to help meet primary health care needs in rural Illinois by offering scholarship and financial assistance.

Since 1948, RIMSAP has been dedicated to bringing more physicians into rural Illinois communities and has helped

more than 800 students with a recommendation for acceptance to medical school and assistance with loan monies.

Students must be willing to specialize in family practice, or another approved primary health care field.

Students who are in their fourth year of college, or who will have completed study for a bachelor’s degree, may apply

by Nov. 1, 2016.

Now in its 24th year, 70 registered nurses have received scholarships from the Rural Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Program. Each year, Illinois Farm Bureau awards five $4,000 scholarships to qualified

candidates who are willing to commit some of their career to practicing in rural communities.

Registered nurses who are enrolled in or accepted into an accredited nurse practitioner program may apply by May 1, 2016.

In both cases, students who receive help from the programs must practice for a prescribed time in an approved rural community in Illinois.

For more information on both programs or to access application forms, students should visit www.rimsap.com, or contact their local county Farm Bureau.

Illinois soils warm over the first half of March CHAMPAIGN — Soil temperatures increased through the first half of March, according to Jennie Atkins, Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Program manager at the Illinois State Water Survey, Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois.

Illinois saw warmer than average soil temperatures

across the state with temperatures 10 or more degrees above the long-term average on March 15. Temperatures at 4 inches under bare soil averaged 56.7 degrees F on March 15, 10.9 degrees higher than last year and 15.9 degrees higher than average.

Soils were warm across the state with regional averages of

51.0 degrees in northern Illinois, 56.2 degrees in central, and 60.6 degrees in the south.

Temperatures were warmer at depths of 2 inches with a statewide average of 57.0 degrees.

Temperatures were slightly cooler but still warmer than normal under sod. Statewide temperatures averaged 54.5 degrees at depths of 4 inches

and 52.7 degrees at 8 inches.

Soil moisture was high in midMarch with levels near or above field capacity in most areas across the state. Moisture has been declining at depths from 2 to 20 inches in the past few days as soils dry out from the rain from earlier this week. Moisture levels at depths of 39 and 59 inches remain high.

The Illinois State Water Sur-

vey’s WARM Program collects hourly and daily weather and soil information at 19 stations across the state. Daily and monthly summaries can be found at the WARM website (http://www.isws.illinois. edu/warm/) and in the Illinois Water and Climate Summary (http://www.isws.illinois.edu/ warm/climate.asp).

Weather alerts, school closings, Amber Alerts and more ... Stay tuned to what’s happening with bcralerts. Sign up at www.bcrnews.com.

Attend one of our FREE Estate Planning Seminars!!

Learn how you can protect your family and its legacy—financially and non-financially.

Wednesday, April 13 • 6:30 p.m.

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites 5253 Trompeter Road Peru, IL Thursday, April 14 • 6:30 p.m.

AmericInn of Princeton 2120 Claude Bailey Parkway Princeton, IL CALL OR REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!

Do you have a will or estate plan in place that will protect your loved ones and your hard earned assets?

Nash Nash Bean & Ford, llp Attorneys & Counselors at Law Offices in Moline and Geneseo 309-944-2188 I 800-644-5345

www.nashbeanford.com

Members of the American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys

1

2

2B • Spring 2016

Ag Matters

Nine minutes to an education Bureau County Ag Fair runs like a well-oiled machine

Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook

Students learned about farm safety and the functions of different buildings and equipment on a typical farm during their nine minutes at this University of Illinois Extension and 4-H sponsored station.

By Dave Cook

On the cover

Princeton FFA member Zach Read took part in the recent Bureau County Ag Fair at the Bureau County Fairgrounds on March 17. Read shared what he’s learned about the care of goats with the county’s fourth-grade students. Other animals the students learned about at the animal stations were pigs, cattle, horses, donkeys, chickens and rabbits.

Shaw Media Service

PRINCETON — The two-minute warning expired; a cow bell rang in the distance. The students stood and quickly followed their guide to the next station.

There, they’d stay for the next nine minutes, their new instructor imparting as much information as possible concerning one of the many facets of Illinois’ agricultural landscape.

On March 17, Bureau County fourth-graders were fortunate enough to be a part of the 22nd annual Bureau County Ag Fair held at the Bureau Coun-

Princeton Redi-Mix Over 40 Years of Service

Producers of Quality Concrete Commending Local Farmers For All Your Hard Work.

Let Us Help You With Any Of Your Concrete Needs.

Bureau County’s Most “Concrete” Business

533 E. Railroad Ave • (815) 875-3359 • Keith Cain - Mgr. • prmcrete@ivnet.com

MORTON FERTILIZER SERVICE 121 East Main Street • Wyanet, IL

815-699-7701

ty Fairgrounds in Princeton. The Ag Fair is a day-long event at which students make timed, nine-minute stops at 14 different stations. These stations taught the children about dairy, embryology, safety, pork, corn, seeds, conservation, beef, soybeans, wheat, technology, equipment, large animals and small animals.

Jill Frueh, manager of the Bureau County Farm Bureau, said, “We’ve been doing this for so long, it runs very smoothly now. We owe so much to our volunteers who help make this possible.

They do a wonderful job teaching the students about the different parts of agriculture in Illinois.”

The Farm Bureau Women’s Committee and the Bureau County Ag Coalition Committee started the Ag Fair. The Women’s Committee handles the organizing process, and the Ag Coalition members then handle the planning of their individual presentations. Any considerations for changes come through observation of the event, teachers’ input and suggestions from the volunteers.

The planning process begins about five months in advance, and the committee works with local businesses, farmers, state and county commodity groups, the

Ag Fair Page 3B

NEW LEADER MultApplier!

New box design allows you to apply 2 fertilizers in one pass. Blend on the go with independent control of conveyors. Broadcast fertilizer from 60’ to 84’.

The MultApplier dual hopper insert is removable allowing for single product application.

McHenry Machine Company, Inc. 1309 IL Highway 26, Princeton, IL 61356 815-875-1953

3

Spring 2016 • 3B

Ag Matters

Ag Fair From Page 2B University of Illinois Extension, FS, the Soil, Water and Conservation District, local FFA members and Gateway. Volunteers are recruited, 75 in all, to serve as presenters, time-keepers, bus directors, goodie bag distributors and several other positions which help keep the fair running as smoothly as possible.

“Ag Fair is the best kept secret in Bureau County,” a teacher attending the event said.

This year more than 375 students from 19 classrooms attended the Ag Fair. Presentations throughout the event were well organized, clever and engaging.

Students learned about soil conservation through a game show style format. While learning about farming equipment students were able to see precisely how seeds moved through the machinery and into the soil and also how sprayers make their applications to crops. The wheat and corn stations each had a wide range of everyday items containing products from the different grains. Another station used a small scale model of a farm to teach students about safety, how farms are laid out and the different uses for each building and piece of equipment.

Students visiting the animal stations were able to talk with and ask questions of local FFA students about the care involved with each different animal.

There were rabbits, chickens, sheep, goats, bucket Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook calves, a donkey, a piglet, a horse and a cow. There was also plenty of petting available.

Keith Burkman (left) and Mark Miller used their nine minutes to give each class an informative and visual demonstraBeth Schultz, chairman of the Ag Fair, said “This tion of farm equipment, its purpose and safety concerns. Students learned how corn is planted, about the technological event and the work of our volunteers, who all do features of modern tractors and how chemicals are efficiently applied to crops. such a great job, teaches our children how important agriculture is to Illinois and helps provide them with an understanding of the many different parts of the farming in our communities.”

Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook

Jill Frueh (left), manager of the Bureau County Farm Bureau and Beth Schultz, chairman of the Ag Fair, both Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook commented on how smoothly the event runs after 22 years and of how much its success depends on the work of the When students visited the animal stations they not only learned about the care needed for each animal, but were also able to interact with them. Here, Princeton FFA member Aaron Sears shows the students one of his sheep.

75 volunteers involved.

Rediger

www.statebankofcherry.com

ick

State Bank of Cherry

Auction Service

401 W. Main St. • Wyanet, IL 61379 • BUS: (815) 699-7999 • CELL: (815) 866-4486

Check for upcoming auctions at www.rickrediger.com

◆ Grain & Grain Storage ◆ Refined Fuels ◆ Propane ◆ Feed ◆ Fertilizer ◆ Seed ◆ Crop Protection

A p art of the community...

A part of your life...since 1906.

MEMBER FDIC

Cherry, IL 815-894-2345 or 1-800-447-9138

Contact Corey Miller

for your in-season needs!

Cell: 309.714.0151 OR corey.miller@greatlakeshybrids.com

www.northernpartners.net 1-866-773-6772 • 1-815-539-6772 LAMOILLE, MENDOTA, MALDEN, OTTAWA, TONICA, TRIUMPH, UTICA, VAN ORIN

4

4B • Spring 2016

Ag Matters

From the crop to the tank ...

Marquis Energy hits 1 billion gallon milestone

By Dave Cook Shaw Media Service

HENNEPIN — Since April 20, 2008, Marquis Energy has been producing ethanol in Putnam County. Seven and one-half years later, through the continuous enhancement of their production method, the team at Marquis Energy — approximately 150 people, reached the milestone of having produced one billion gallons of ethanol.

Everyone knows it’s an ethanol plant and has seen the endless parade of trucks traveling to and from the facility or the barges regularly working their way down the river, but what about having an understanding of what actually happens there?

Marquis Energy produces more than just ethanol. The process of making ethanol creates additional opportunities for marketable products. They also make use of every advantage Putnam County has to offer an industry located within its borders: Easy interstate access, rail roads, the Illinois River and manpower from throughout the area.

Jeff Peterson, president and director of risk management, said, “That’s our strength here, the logistics. Being located on the Illinois River is a huge key to our success.”

The process

The transition from corn to ethanol begins as the corn, from as far away as 60 miles, is loaded into one of the roughly 300 to 400 trucks per day traveling into the plant.

Those trucks deliver a total of 300,000-400,000 bushels of corn per day. After being weighed at the entrance, the corn is unloaded and directed into storage silos. The plant can store up to 2.4 million bushels, enough for approximately six to seven days worth of ethanol production.

After the corn is taken out of storage, it travels by conveyor to the hammer mill where it’s ground into a flour.

From there, the flour is mixed with water and enzymes to create a mash that begins the chemical process of breaking down the starch into simple sugars. This helps prepare the corn for efficient fermentation, and optimized fermentation leads to increased yield and profitability.

The mix enters a slurry tank for retention time to allow the enzymes time to work. The corn mash absorbs heat from the 200-degree cook water, so to maintain the optimum 185 degree temperature for the enzymes, the mixture travels through steam-powered jet heaters. The heat provides a physical process of breaking down the starch.

Andy Rowe, process manager, said, “After more retention time and enzymes, an operator will send yeast into the tank and let it grow and reproduce for about eight hours before we fill the fermentation tank with the mash

Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook

Calvin Tussey, process board operator at Marquis Energy, is able to monitor every aspect of the corn to ethanol fermentation process from his station at the Hennepin ethanol plant. Marquis Energy took seven and one-half years to produce 1 billion gallons of ethanol. With the addition of its new facility, the company expects to reach the 2 billion milestone by 2020. mixture.”

Fermentation is the biological process which converts sugars into cellular energy, producing ethanol and carbon dioxide as a result. Some ethanol plants sell the carbon dioxide to industries which have a need for it, such as beverage companies, providing the plant with another product and revenue source.

“We don’t sell our CO2, the logistics for us to reach a viable market do not work out favorably, so we do not market it,” said Peterson.

Marquis’ typical fermentation time is about two days.

“You might hear in the alcoholic beverage industry of fermentation times of weeks or months, but we don’t

Marquis Energy Page 5B

Make the Most of Your Farmland Investment

“That’s our strength here, the logistics. Being located on the Illinois River is a huge key to our success.”

Jeff Peterson, president/director of risk management We Offer All Types of Buildings For Agricultural and Equine

•Farm Management

Rick Andersen

•Farm Real Estate Sales & Acquisitions

815.626.7378

•Appraisals •Auctions

www.andersenbuildings.com

www.hertz.ag • 309.944.2184 • 720 E. Culver Ct.Geneseo, IL 61254

email: andersenstatewidebuildings@comcast.net

Right Product. Right Acre. Right People.

MJ Seed Agency Independent Sales Rep Pioneer Brand Products Michael Michlig (815) 878-4430 Justin Peterson (815) 878-3496 Pioneer brand products, service, Pioneer Premium Seed Treatment and PROBulk® System

MANLIUS, ILLINOIS

LOOK TO US FOR ALL YOUR AGRICULTURAL LENDING NEEDS 110 N. Main Ave. • Ladd, IL 815-894-2386 126 E. High St. • Hennepin, IL 815-925-7373 Member FDIC

www.ncb-ebanc.com

5

Spring 2016 • 5B

Ag Matters

Marquis Energy From Page 4B have that kind of time. We add a lot to help it out, enzymes and yeast propagation come into play,” Rowe said.

When the fermentation process is finished the mixture is typically 16 percent alcohol by weight. From one of the 16 fermentation tanks, the blend travels through three columns of distillation. Distillation is the action of purifying a liquid through a process of evaporation and condensation.

“One separates the liquids from the solids, which then go to a different part of the plant. The other two columns refine the liquids into 190 proof alcohol, the most you can distill before you start to boil off too much water. To get to 200 proof (or 100 percent alcohol) we use molecular sieves. They’re big enough for water molecules, but not for ethanol. We put it under pressure, and it gets squeezed through and removes the last 5 percent of water. The water removed goes back into the distillation process. The ethanol is also denatured with gasoline to make it unfit for consumption,” Rowe said.

The separated solids are sent to the dryer building where they travel through a centrifuge. After the centrifuge the solids are a wet cake called wet distillers grains with solubles (WDGS) with an approximately 60 percent moisture level and are usable as animal feed. Due to the level of moisture and chance for spoilage, the WDGS is not suitable for export and typically remains in the local area.

The solids designated for export leave the centrifuge

Marquis Energy Page 6B

Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook

Mary Ann Kidd, lab technician, helps ensure Marquis Energy is producing the highest quality ethanol possible by continuously monitoring and testing samples throughout the process.

Marquis Energy employs approximately 150 people from throughout the area and with the addition of its second unit, the company is expecting many years of continued success and growth.

Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook

•NEW HOMES •GARAGES •ROOM ADDITIONS •ROOFING •SIDING •POLE BUILDINGS •REMODELING Post Office Box 114 Walnut, IL. 61376 Email: haroldrollo@yahoo.com Website: www.rolloconstruction.com

FREE ESTIMATES Home: 815-379-9317 Ans. Machine: 815-379-2350 Cell Phone: 815-303-9321

Your Locally Owned Petroleum Retailer WE OFFER: • Premium Diesel • Gasoline • Aviation Fuel • Propane • Chevron Lubricants • Tanks, Pumps, Service In Cambridge: Mark Seabloom 800-808-1812 In Manlius: Scott Smith 800-624-5593 Mike Dykstra Steven Michlig

Call us to discuss what we can do for you!

Michlig Energy – Delivering the Spirit of Service to Our Communities

• • • • • •

Farm Drainage Waterways Structures Land Clearing Pond Excavating Boring

29408 3450 East Street LaMoille, IL

Call Us At: 815-910-5479

Serving Today’s Farmers

for Over 55 Years!

WE DELIVER: • FUELS • PROPANE • MOTOR OILS

Manlius Inc. Oil Co. Manlius, IL Hwy. 40 • (815) 445-3122

6

6B • Spring 2016

Ag Matters

Marquis Energy From Page 5B

and travel through a set of three dryers, each removing more moisture. The 60 percent moisture of the WDGS is lowered to about 11 percent. These solids are called dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) and are suitable for export as animal feed after an additional step.

“The water that’s spun out of the centrifuges goes through a series of evaporators and basically gets boiled down to a syrup. The syrup goes through another set of centrifuges that removes the corn oil which is then sold to bio-diesel and different entities. The syrup is then added to the DDGS to make it a higher quality product rich in protein and fat. It’s a highly digestible and cost effective feed supplement for livestock,” Rowe said.

The people

These non-stop and complicated processes are managed and monitored continuously with a state-of-the art control system and a surprisingly small staff considering the size of the operation. Marquis’ production capability has recently doubled since the completion of their new south unit, essentially a mirror image of the north unit.

Approximately 25 maintenance people, two lab techs, one chemist, the board operators and others work to ensure the plant runs cleanly, efficiently and is producing the highest quality products possible.

Lab technician Mary Ann Kidd said, “We continuously collect various samples from throughout the plant and run various tests. We check moisture levels, sugar analysis, acid levels and more.”

Process board operator Calvin Tussey jokingly began by saying he liked to call himself a 21st century moonshiner, but added more seriously, “This is one of the last, truly domestic industries left in the rust belt. I think it makes people feel good that something is expanding in the area.”

The finished product

The finished ethanol is delivered to one of the six storage tanks, each holding approximately a million gallons. Two of those tanks are near Marquis’ barge terminal. There are barges for both the DDGS and ethanol. Trucks drop loads of the DDGS into a hopper which feeds them up through a chute and into the barge. As ethanol is loaded into it’s barge, a flare

Contact us for all your insurance needs.

Shaw Media photo/Dave Cook

Marquis Energy Process Manager Andy Rowe stands in front of one of the several fermentation coolers designed to drop the temperature of the mixture to proper levels. burns off the excess vapors to ensure everyone’s safety.

Marquis also delivers ethanol to the marketplace via truck and rail car. According to Bio-diesel Magazine, a truck holds about 7,000 gallons, a rail car roughly 25,000 gallons and a barge is capable of holding approximately 400,000 gallons. This means each barge is the equivalent of 16 rail cars or almost 60 trucks.

“We’re constantly taking product out to our barge terminal where our logistics team schedules loads. With the added production from the new facility, we’re going to have to start doing a DDGS barge about six days a week. The ethanol barges will probably be about one a day. We haven’t done a lot of rail in the past, but with the added volume, we’ll be shipping out every month on rail as well, but not as much as we do on barges,”

SERVING TODAY’S FARMERS • Farm • Home • Auto • Crop

said Rowe.

With the new unit having entered production, Marquis Energy expects to be able to produce roughly 800,000 gallons per day and about 300 million gallons per year.

They are looking forward to reaching the 2 billion gallon milestone by 2020.

Vice President Jason Marquis said, “We are proud of the team here at Marquis energy to have produced over a billion gallons of renewable fuels throughout the past seven and a half years. This accomplishment highlights the hard work and dedication of our team which contributes to our local farm economy and also the world’s energy markets. We appreciate all of the people who have contributed to hitting this milestone and look forward to continuing our business relationships in the Central Illinois area.”

We feel the results that matter most are yours.

While we are always happy when our hybrids perform well in trials, what’s really important to us is how well our seed, and our people, perform where it matters most – on your farm. I’d love to discuss what seed will give you the results you want.

Performance is Personal.

Contact me:

320 W. Main • Wyanet, IL oldsinsurance@comcast.net

815-699-2477

Grain

We have served our communities for over 50 years

LLC

WHAT WE • Grain Merchandising OFFER: • Trucking • Storage Manlius 815-445-2311

Bradford 309-897-7491

Cambridge 309-937-2435

www.michliggrain.com

Tommy Fehlhafer 815-876-7730 tommyf@munsonhybrids.com

HERE’S TO THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF AGRICULTURE. 1st Farm Credit Services® (800) 388-3276 • (815) 872-0067 www.1stfarmcredit.com

7

Spring 2016 • 7B

Ag Matters

29 new industrial products open new markets for soy Farmer-funded projects drive innovations in soy chemistry ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Last year, the soy checkoff partnered with researchers to develop 29 new soy-based products that replace petrochemicals and help manufacturers meet sustainability objectives.

These products, and hundreds of others developed with checkoff support, add value to U.S. soy and expand its market potential.

“At a time when prices are low, it’s more important than ever to increase demand for U.S. soy,” said checkoff farmer-leader Jim Domagalski, a soybean farmer from Columbus, Mich. “Part of that is finding new ways to use it.”

Products developed with checkoff support in 2015 include an insulating foam that helps green building contractors earn LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, soy-based adhesives that replace formaldehyde without compromising quality, lubricants and solvents that reduce reliance on petrochemicals, and rubber belting that farmers can use in their equipment.

New uses have helped farmers increase demand for U.S. soy from 14 million bushels in 2003 to more than 111 million bushels in 2013.

This sales trajectory is expected to continue as a result of the soy checkoff’s ongoing commitment to support the discovery of new soy technologies and share previous research findings that companies use to create more sustainable products.

New soy-based products and ingredients introduced in 2015 as a result of checkoff support include:

Plastics

Best Rest EcoLux™ – a soy-foam mattress by Best Rest USA HeatLox XT™ – insulating foam for buildings by Demilec, Inc. U-Pack 5310™ – foam-in-place packaging foam by WFI Global UCore+™ – foam used to insulate plastic window frames by WFIGlobal Rubber WCCO Conveyor Belt – soy-and-rubber belting by

WCCO Belting, Inc.

Coatings/printing inks

Natural Environmental Barrier® – a new coating

by Green Eagle Technologies ProSoy 7460™ – a soy-protein-based pigment binder for water-based flexographic and gravure inks.

by Applied Protein Systems

Adhesives

SOYAD Adhesive™ – an adhesive used in the manufacture of hardwood plywood by Solenis Acous-Tec Adhesive™ – an adhesive used to manufacture acoustic panels by W. F. Taylor ProSoy 4410™ – a soy-protein-based adhesive for paper substrates by Applied Protein Systems ProSoy 4315™ – a soy-based additive that can replace phenol formaldehyde in wood adhesives by Applied Protein Systems Paper ProSoy 5452™ – a soy-protein-based binder and additive for paper and paperboard coatings by Applied Protein Systems ProSoy5820™ – a lower cost soy-based binder and additive for paper and paperboard coatings Applied Protein Systems

Solvents

Elevance Clean™ 1000 – a solvent for industrial formulations by Elevance Renewable Services Elevance Clean™ 1200 – a solvent for industrial formulations by Elevance Renewable Services STEPOSOL SB-W® – a solvent for degreasing that also acts as a lubricating agent by STEPAN Company STEPOSOL SB-D® – a solvent for degreasing by STEPAN Company Lubricants Elevance ConcertGC-350™ – a processing aid for lithium grease manufacture by Elevance Renewable Sciences Soy Lube SL 100™ – a soy-based lubricant by BioKleen

BioLubeSD™ – a soy-based lubricant by Synalloy and Manufacturers Chemicals LLC Other industrial opportunities Me-Pro™ – a soy-based aquaculture feed by Prairie Aquatech Me-ProPlus™ – an enhanced soy-based aquaculture feed by Prairie Aquatech PETROSTEPQ-50S® – a down-hole corrosion inhibitor for oil wells by STEPAN Company NatureWax® – premium candle wax by Elevance Renewable Sciences ElevanceSoft CG-100® – emollients for personal care products

by Elevance Renewable Sciences Elevance Smooth CS-100® – a film-forming material for personal care products by Elevance Renewable Sciences Defoamer Soy™ – a defoaming agent by Synalloy and Manufacturers Chemicals LLC Defoamer Eco Care™ – a defoaming agent by Synalloy and Manufacturers Chemicals LLC American Soybean Wax™ – a candle-making staple

by Swan Creek Candle Company The 70 farmer-directors of USB oversee the investments of the soy checkoff to maximize profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers.

These volunteers invest and leverage checkoff funds to increase the value of U.S. soy meal and oil, to ensure U.S. soybean farmers and their customers have the freedom and infrastructure to operate, and to meet the needs of U.S. soy’s customers.

As stipulated in the federal Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has oversight responsibilities for USB and the soy checkoff.

For more information on the United Soybean Board, visit www.unitedsoybean.org.

You can also visit them on Facebook, or you can follow them on Twitter or view their YouTube channel.

••• Watch your local newspaper for more information on how check-off dollars are being spent in and around the state of Illinois and/or nationally throughout the year.

SERVING ALL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE NEEDS

Increasing yields isn’t the only way to increase profits

815-875-2800

At Heartland Bank, we can provide:

Seed & Agronomy – Ashton, Buda, Henry, LaMoille, Ohio, Princeton, Toulon, Varna, Walnut, Walton Energy – Amboy, Buda, Henry, Princeton, Toulon, Varna Structures & Equipment – Princeton Technology & Precision Ag – Princeton Trucking & On Farm Delivery – Buda

• •

Agricultural Loans Trust Services

• •

Farm Management Farmland Sales

Derek Fetzer, 815-875-4444 • 606 S. Main St., Princeton Lisa Anderson, 815-498-2396 • 128 S. Depot St., Somonauk

hbtAgServices.com Agricultural Services

8

8B • Spring 2016

Ag Matters

Illinois farmland values, rent trends continue downward

Prices paid for Illinois farmland as well as rates being paid to rent the same ground have continued their downward trend for a second year according to a state-wide survey conducted by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers.

The results were released recently at the annual Illinois Farmland Values Conference.

Prices paid for land rated excellent and good both dropped by 8 percentage points during 2015, while average land dropped 9 percent last year, according to the study results. By definition, excellent land typically yields more than 190 bushels of corn per acre, Good land yields between 170–190 bushels and average yields between 150-170 bushels per acre. The study is a result of a state-wide survey that was conducted in January among Illinois Society members and others within the industry.

In releasing the survey results, it was noted values regressed but remained relatively strong for excellent land, and there are pockets of strength that still exist. The presentation was made by David Klein, AFM Soy Capital Ag Services, Bloomington, overall co-chair of the annual Land Values Project which is conducted by ISPFMRA. His co-chair is Dale Aupperle, AFM, ARA, Heartland Ag Group, Forsyth.

Klein went on to explain buyers are still willing to pay a premium for high quality soil. He noted average prices paid for excellent quality land in January 2015 were at $12,600 per acre. This compared to $11,600 at the end of the year.

Lower farm income to blame In all cases, reduced commodity prices were blamed for the reductions in land prices as well as rent rates across the state. “All of agriculture is watching corn and soybean prices to see which direction our earnings will take in 2016,” Klein explained. He referred to the overall earnings outlook as ‘diminishing,’ and added that crop insurance is an important income safety net.

Aupperle also cited lower commodity prices for drop in Return on Investment (ROI).

“Our traditional 3.5 percent to 4.0 percent ROI has been diminished as well.

Those returns are now in the 2.5 percent range.” He added, however, that “investors still find this acceptable in an unstable general economy.”

Cash rent levels will continue decline An analysis of cash rent levels was done by Gary Schnitkey, Ph.D., University of Illinois Department of Ag and Consumer Economics.

“Survey results indicate that income levels in 2015

from owning farmland were below 2014 levels, continuing a string of declining return years that began in 2013. Cash rents in 2016 decreased from 2015 levels and, if trends continue, we’ll see lower cash rents again in 2017. Respondents expect very little farmland to change hands because the current farm operator is unwilling to pay the desired cash rent. They also feel they could find other farm operators to replace current operators if the need arises.

In those same categories, incomes in 2015 decreased from 2014 with net drops of $46 per acre of excellent land for traditional crop share, negative $37 for cash rent and negative $58 for custom farming.

Projected rent rates for will vary from a high of $350 per acre to $275 per acre for excellent land; $300 to $250 for good land; $260 to $191 for average land, and $208-$150 for fair land. In retrospect, mid-range rent rates for 2007 were $183 for excellent land, $164 for good land, and $144 for average soil. Values peaked in 2013 at $396 for excellent land, $339 for good land, and $285 for average land.

Looking to the future the survey respondents expect 2017 cash rents to be lower than in 2016. Forty-one percent expect decreases of between $25 and $50 and 50 percent expect the decrease to range between $5 and $25

THE ONE NAME IN CROP PROTECTION INPUTS

Crop Production Services

We are dedicated to helping our customers achieve maximum success. When you meet and work with a member of the Crop Production Services team, we are confident you will see our strengths first-hand and “Profit from our experience.”

Manlius

815-445-6951

Walnut

815-379-9295

per acre. None are expecting rents to increase.

A challenging year According to Klein, “2015 provided us a challenging year. Record harvests of our main crops the past two years led to downward pressure on prices. Farm income and farmland values are adjusting, but there are signs of optimism.

“Interest rates and farm debt-to-asset ratios remain historically low as farmers manage their balance sheets.

Crop input costs continue to come down. Domestic beef, pork and poultry production are all projected to increase in 2016 – pork and poultry to record levels.”

Summary observations • Sellers of farmland Estates accounted for 54 percent of the volume of Illinois farmland sold. Will there begin to be a higher percentage of other categories in 2016?

• Buyers of farmland Farmers accounted for 60 percent of the purchase made in 2015. Most were reinvesting into their farm business, where they know the value as well as anyone! When farmers stepped aside, investors were looking for opportunities in an uncertain financial market.

• Methods of sale - Most farms were sold by private treaty in 2015, a sign more negotiating was occurring.

Thirty-five percent of the transactions were at auction. In an uncertain mar-

ket, auctions can bring decision-makers together in a hurry! As a result, some firecrackers continued to be let off and more “no sales” occurred at auction.

• Cash rents – Generally speaking, farm incomes were lower in 2015 and are projected to be even lower in 2016. This reduced crop share leases as compared to cash rents. Cash rents for 2015 declined by roughly $25 per acre to a $350 average on excellent quality farmland.

Most ISPFMRA members expect 2016 cash rents on excellent quality soil farms to be another $25 per acre lower than the current year at $325 or less.

• Belt tightening can be heard throughout the countryside. Lower corn and soybean prices will reduce net farm income by over 20 percent in 2016. Spring crop insurance prices will be the lowest since 2006, and input costs today are nearly double what they were then.

• Livestock industry - Beef, swine and poultry production numbers are all planned to grow in 2016, but livestock farmers have started to feel their own pinch of lower prices.

• Auction sales – Auction sales continue to show pockets of both strength and relative softness. Class A farms selling at Mt. Carroll for $14,400, Brimfield for $13,500, and Mendota for $12,000 early in 2016 show strength still exists in areas,

but an increasing number of “No Sales” in November/ December 2015 also shows that every farm auction isn’t bringing expectations every time.

• Tract sizes - Tract sizes were generally larger in 2015 than 2014. The largest tracts were often purchased at a premium by institutional or absentee investor landowners seeking to place significant holdings into farmland.

• Transitional/development land – Fewer tracts of land were sold for development than in past years in downstate Illinois. More activity is picking up in the collar counties.

• Institutional money – Larger tracts of land have drawn interest again from institutional investors, pension funds and others.

• Drainage pays – 2015 taught many landowners across the state the value of good drainage on our productive cropland.

• 1031 tax free exchange influence – These continue to be used by landowners making even money trades to create larger tracts of land where they can be farmed more efficiently.

• Farmland availability – Farmland supply to the market remained fairly tight throughout 2015 until year end when the seasonal increase occurred in November and December.

Most of our membership expects 2016 to see a larger supply come to the market.

9

Spring 2016 • 9B

Ag Matters

A drought in the political field Presidential candidates failing to address agricultural issues

By Dave Cook

and

Pam Eggemeier

Shaw Media Service

Harold Steele, 93, of Dover has had a long and distinguished agricultural career which has taken him all the way to Washington, D.C..

A lifelong farmer from Bureau County, Steele has served in many important roles, including president of the Illinois Farm Bureau and a member of the board of directors of the American Farm Bureau. In 1987, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as chairman of the National Commission of Agricultural Finance. President George H.W. Bush selected Steele as chief executive officer of the Farm Credit Administration, the regulator of the farm credit system.

Steele was recently asked why agricultural issues don’t play a bigger role in Midwestern presidential politics.

“I think it’s very simple; farmers aren’t many in numbers,” he said. “A politician is looking for votes, so farm-

Our Products & Services • Fertilizers - Dry, Liquid, Starter & Micronutrients • Crop Protection Products - Name Brand & Generics • Application - Ground & Aerial • Soil Testing • Competitive Pricing & Top Notch Customer Service • 360 Yield Center Dealer

C E N T E R™

ers don’t cut it unless the politician understands that many other people have jobs because of the farmer.

“It’s unfortunate, but that’s the way it is. But, more politicians are going to continue in the same way because there are going to be fewer and fewer farmers, and politicians don’t look at this correctly.”

Although the presidential election kicked off in Iowa, where corn is king, candidates in both the Republican and Democratic parties have managed to dodge what’s most important to Midwestern farmers.

“If it weren’t for there being such an important early primary in Iowa, we might not hear anything about ag from the candidates,” said Adam Nielsen, director of national legislation and policy development for Illinois Farm Bureau.

Farmers say renewable fuels is about the only issue that has brought much input from the candidates because of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s November ruling on biofuel requirements.

Our Perspective As farmers and landowners ourselves, we seek out opportunities for farming operations. We want to see your farm succeed, and your commitment to it sustained.

Our Promise We think about your bottom line first. All sales and recommendations are based on what makes your farming operation profitable.

We are farmers too.

Get a shared perspective.

Grow your crop and your value per acre with agricultural products and farming services in one stop.

Gripp Custom Farming Corp & Gripp Farm Nutrients, LLC

“Short of the Renewable Fuel Standards, I haven’t heard any significant policy statements for ag from any of the candidates,” said Jim Schielein, a Lee County farmer.

Steele said politicians aren’t the only ones to blame for the current state of politics.

“I think we, the people, have been very shortsighted for many years,” he said. “We haven’t been helping this nation by not having a very high quality of person getting into politics. We don’t have many good politicians who are here for one purpose, to serve the country.”

Nielsen said farmers are challenged by a cyclical downturn, and while this environment certainly isn’t reminiscent of the great farm crisis of the 1980s, lower commodities prices should merit some discussion.

“We’re just coming out of the ‘glory days’ where income was high, and farmers were able to make invest-

Politics Page 10B

Centralize Your Ag Relationship with an Experienced Ag Bank.

Operating · Land Purchase · Equipment

Your Partner for Success.

317 S Main, Princeton www.central-bank.com Member FDIC—Equal Housing Lender

Call Dan or Jason

815-875-3333

Family Owned & Operated SHEFFIELD, ILLINOIS

www.grippfarms.com

Dan McAlvey

Jason VanLanduit

10

10B • Spring 2016

Politics From Page 9B

ments, and now income is running behind production costs,” Nielsen said.

Plunging commodities prices, especially oil and metals, are shaking the global economy, leaving farmers wondering how low ag-related commodities could go.

“Oil has been a wake-up call for farmers, and it’s been a nervous time for any commodity,” Schielein said. “If you translate what’s happened with oil prices to corn, we’d be at $2.”

While the 2014 farm bill has brought a workable safety net, farmers fear crop insurance might fall woefully short if corn drops below the $3 level. That scenario could have farmers calling for the return of the ad hoc disaster system that disappeared in the farm bill.

The importance of finding new markets grows as crop prices drop, pushing trade issues near the top of Farm Bureau’s legislative priority list this year. Ag leaders are struggling to find a candidate in either party who can make strides on exports.

“There is a protectionist strain that runs through both parties now, and they are equally bad on trade,” Nielsen said.

Ag interests are pushing for the enactment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement with 12 Pacific Rim nations, that among many other things, would lower trade barriers for Midwest farmers. Negotiations between the nations that started nearly 8 years ago wrapped up in October, but the pact faces stiff challenges in Congress.

Some of ag’s top issues mirror those of business at large, so the candidates have addressed them in a general fashion. Immigration would be a prime example, and Nielsen fears the issue is one of many to have fallen victim to theatrics.

“Farm Bureau has worked hard on immigration for the last few years, and it’s obvious that we need a clearer policy,” Nielsen said. “The candidates haven’t talked about it much in reference to ag, and it’s almost turned into a competition to see who’s most anti-immigrant.”

The immigration issue also is a good example of how difficult it can be to figure out the candidates’ positions on an issue. Several have flipflopped on their immigration policy stances since the campaigning began, and complicated conditions are often attached to those positions. Political analysts are struggling to find clarity, so it’s no surprise that voters are as well.

Farm Bureau doesn’t formally endorse presidential candidates, but it takes a key leadership position in smoking out

Ag Matters candidates’ positions on their prioritized issues.

That task is made more difficult by the GOP logjam that remains – 11 candidates were still in the race going into the Feb. 1 Iowa caucus. The field began to winnow soon after.

“When we have nominees, they’ll sit down with advisers and write specific positions on ag,” Nielsen said. “Then we’ll look more carefully at the candidates’ records, but now there isn’t much to look at.”

Schielein said he’s hoping the tenor of the campaigning will become more thoughtful as the field narrows.

“As some candidates drop out, we should start seeing more focus on the issues,” Schielein said.

“It’s the nature of the beast – there’s a lot of theater early, but at some point, they have to stop with the reality-TV politics.”

Voters were trying to decipher the politics of 12 GOP candidates and three Democrats who were still in the game heading into Iowa. Polls showed only Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio grabbing more than 7 percent of the vote among the crowded Republican field.

“This election field is different – we have a billionaire who went bankrupt and resurrected himself, a self-described socialist, and populists on

either side of the aisle,” Schielein said.

The ag lobby is still well organized and wields considerable influence in both parties, but political pundits contend there are some dynamics at play that have made it riskier for candidates to line up with ag interests.

“The ag lobby is still powerful, but it has generally fallen out of favor with both parties,” said Scot Schraufnagel, a political science professor at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

The declining number of farmers who are running bigger businesses can make support of many key ag issues a tougher sell with political strategists.

“With fewer small farms, Democrats that used to identify with the family farm are less inclined to support farmers who now are running a large corporation,” Schraufnagel said.

He said the GOP is hesitant to be linked with such issues as price supports and ethanol while espousing fiscal conservativism. Political strategists call for ignoring an issue you can’t win, and many ag issues can be painted as lose-lose propositions.

“While candidates don’t want to offend the ag lobby, openly supporting the ag lobby can be perceived as support of more government spending,” Schraufnagel said.

Regulatory pressures on farmers is a key concern every year, but the ag lobby has rallied hard against the implementation of the Waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule. The rule would pinpoint the reach of the nation’s Clean Water Act, bringing some smaller waterways such as streams and wetlands into federal jurisdiction.

Farmers using those areas would be forced to meet environmental permit requirements of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers.

The issue has stalled along party lines, with Republicans calling the rule another example of “executive overreach”, and a violation of the rights of states and private property owners.

“We’re hoping they’ll take their foot off the accelerator on regulations when ag prices are down,” Nielsen said.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, who formed an agriculture committee in the 16th Congressional District, also has his eye on the regulatory hurdles faced by agriculture.

“I think our next president needs to empower our agribusinesses, and allow them to continue driving our economy without fear of costly and burdensome regulations,” Kinzinger said. “It will be important to keep the standards of the 2014 House Farm Bill intact,

POIGNANT BROS. FARM DRAINAGE, INC.

• No long lists! • Any size tile installation • Experienced • GPS equipped • Specializing in grid tile work • Self propelled commercial tile plow • Trencher

BENEFITS OF SYSTEM DRAINAGE HIGHER CROP YIELDS: System drainage represents greater production.

It is the final step for today’s top producers to bring fields up to their full capabilities. Drainage should be strongly considered before purchasing additional land, equipment or buildings. It is the only agricultural investment that will help pay for itself every year. Whole farm drainage is taking the Midwest by storm!

EARLIER PLANTING & HARVESTING: Drainage systems remove excess water that hampers soil warm-up in the spring. This can be particularly important when using no-till or conservation tillage practices. Consistent water table levels throughout growing season will allow faster, more consistent plant growth for quicker harvest start ups in the fall.

TOTAL FIELD FARMING: The objective is more than drying up wet areas. The goal is increased yield. Without question though, system drainage will show some of the greatest benefits in areas of persistent excess moisture problems transforming some of your least productive land into performance fields.

CALL HAROLD TODAY!

(309) 238-8625

and I hope that our next president gives greater attention to reigning in the overreaching EPA.” The congressman said he, too, is disappointed in the lack of meaningful conversation about several important ag-related issues. He said he holds out hope that something of substance will come up in future debates.

“I do wish there was more discussion of what the candidates plan to do to tackle the WOTUS regulation, address the EPA’s slow rollout of RFS levels, expand trade with foreign countries, and other areas that are still in flux,” Kinzinger said.

Steele, the Bureau County farmer, spoke with sadness as he discussed the generation of young farmers that agriculture lost back in the early 1980s because of politics and finances, and he doesn’t want to see that happen to future generations. He also spoke of the importance of education.

“We need more young farmers, and it takes

Harold Steele financial strength to have this happen. We also need a stronger system of education about where our food comes from, how it gets on the plate and the importance of knowing this,” said Steele.

Steele was unable, however, to favor any particular candidate for their agricultural positions.

“I haven’t heard them address this subject, so I don’t feel that I know the candidates well enough in that area to say that one is better than another,” he said.

11

Spring 2016 • 11B

Ag Matters

Check our Sublette Mechanical’s 2016 line of SCAG inventory at sublette-mechanical.com Since 1983, Scag Power Equipment has manufactured “Simply the Best” commercial riding, stand-on and walk-behind lawn mowers money can buy.

0% INTEREST FOR 48 MONTHS! 2 Great Locations to Serve You!

Sublette Mechanical also offers • Small Engine Repair • Parker Hose Doctor • Complete Hydraulic Cyliner Repair • T-L Irrigations Sales, Installation & Service • Outback Guidance Systems, Sales & Service • Pressure Washer Sales & Service • Sno-Way Sales & Service

1417 Chicago Ave, Dixon

815-288-5223

www.sublette-mechanical.com

2025 Sublette Rd, Sublette

815-849-5223

Stay Local. Save Local.

Looking for fun in the Illinois Valley and save some money too?

Save up to 50% on vouchers from local restaurants, stores & services with...

!

Illinois Valley

B GDEALS Go to bcrnews.com • putnamcountyrecord.com • tonicanews.com and save!

12

12B • Spring 2016

Ag Matters

0% INTEREST FOR 48 MONTHS ON SELECT USED TRACTORS

2014 Case IH Magnum 315 - Certified Pre-Owned 531 hours, MFD, Pro 700, Luxury Cab, 1,000 PTO, Guidance Ready

U050909 - $199,000

2005 Case IH MX255

1,724 hours, MFD, Deluxe Cab, 4 Remotes, 1,000 PTO, 3pt Hitch

U0101655 - $110,000

1350 Western Ave • Henry, IL 61537 (309) 364-2336

2012 Case IH Magnum 290

924 hours, MFD, Pro 700, Deluxe Cab, 1,000 PTO, Front Weights

U0101557 - $163,500

2006 Case IH MX215

3,114 hours, MFD, Deluxe Cab, 3pt Hitch, Dual PTO, 3 Remotes

U050768 - $99,500

407 S East St • Annawan, IL 61234 (309) 935-6768

proudly supports

End of May – End of October Tuesdays 3:00pm - 5:30pm Saturdays 8:30am - 1:00pm

NEW LOCATION Frontier Lot next to the Prouty Building South Main Street